Treasurer Kevin Foley should withdraw from his upcoming three week trip to the USA if he is going to be leaving the Ministry in the coming weeks or months, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. “Given the increasing pressure on Mr Foley to resign and the likelihood he will do so it would be…
DetailsThe release of the latest batch of Federal Cabinet documents highlights the broken pre-election promise by Premier Rann to open access to all Cabinet documents after 10 years, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. In August 2009 Mr Rann announced with great fanfare his new policy of supposedly releasing Cabinet documents after only 10…
DetailsPremier Mike Rann has been forced to reveal that his own department has wasted $246,000 in twice remodelling the office of the CEO of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. “Mr Rann was first asked in Parliament in October 2009 about this waste of money and had refused to answer the question for more…
DetailsShadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today the Rann Government’s troubled Shared Services Project has had an incredible staff turnover of 32 per cent in just two years. Documents released under Freedom of Information legislation have revealed that 220 employees had left the Shared Services project in just two years from mid-2008 to mid-2010.…
DetailsPremier Rann’s promise after the election that he had “heard the message” and would “reconnect” with the community has been exposed as nothing more than a cruel hoax and political spin. After the first year of the new Parliament the Rann Government has refused to answer almost 3,000 questions on notice in the Parliament, some…
DetailsWhat Foley didn’t highlight: Total revenue up $52m this year Treasurer Kevin Foley’s concentration on declining GST revenues in the Mid-Year Budget Review is just another example of political spin. “What Mr Foley didn’t highlight today was that total estimated revenue for this year has actually increased by $52 million in just three months since…
DetailsThe Rann Government has provided no evidence the public-private partnership deal for the Royal Adelaide Hospital would save $170 million, as originally promised. “Three years ago, when Mr Foley first announced the PPP deal, he promised the private sector option would save taxpayers at least $170 million, compared to the option of the Government building…
DetailsThe Rann Government had rushed through a four year extension of the contract for Mr Rann’s Special Envoy to Europe Nicola Sasanelli in the last weeks before the state election. Evidence given today to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee by Department of Trade and Economic Development CEO Lance Worrall revealed that Mr Sasanelli…
DetailsThe Rann Government had rushed through a four year extension of the contract for Mr Rann’s Special Envoy to Europe Nicola Sasanelli in the last weeks before the state election. Evidence given today to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee by Department of Trade and Economic Development CEO Lance Worrall revealed that Mr Sasanelli…
DetailsThe Rann Government has stooped to a new low in accountability by removing a requirement for government departments to report on overseas travel costs by public servants. “The Rann Government has changed government guidelines (DPC Circular 13 – Annual Reporting Requirements) which previously made it compulsory for departments in their annual reports to report on…
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