Mr Speaker — I thank you for the honour of visiting with you for what I can assure you will be a relatively brief visit solely for the purpose of presenting the second reading of the Appropriation Bill. After 16 very long years the people of South Australia on March 17 overwhelmingly elected a new…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government’s first State Budget achieves a return to surplus and projects surpluses across each year of the forward estimates. The 2018-19 State Budget’s net operating surplus of $48 million in 2018-19 is in stark contrast to the estimated $397.1 million deficit left by the former Labor government for 2017- 18. Treasurer Rob…
DetailsThe 2018-19 State Budget is investing significantly in better services in health, mental health, child protection, police and emergency services. “The State Government is investing $1.2 billion over the next four years in the key frontline service delivery portfolios of health and wellbeing, human services including the domestic violence assistance, child protection, police and emergency…
DetailsSouth Australians living in regional communities will benefit from a major $773 million investment in hospitals, roads, schools and emergency services to help improve services, lower costs and drive economic growth and development. The 2018-19 State Budget provides $315 million over four years to upgrade regional roads and transport networks through a Regional Roads and…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government’s first State Budget is investing in a comprehensive infrastructure program to ensure continued growth in the South Australian economy and to support more jobs. The 2018-19 State Budget establishes an $11.3 billion pipeline of projects over the period of 2018-19 to 2021-22 to develop South Australia’s productive infrastructure, which will deliver…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government is delivering on its key election promise to lower costs for families and businesses, with $613.1m in tax cuts provided in the 2018-19 State Budget across the Emergency Services Levy, land tax and payroll tax to create jobs and grow the economy. The 2018-19 State Budget provides for a $360 million…
DetailsA new $100 million fund over the next four years to promote economic and jobs growth in South Australia – is a key part of a $738 million jobs and industry package in the 2018-19 State Budget. The Economic and Business Growth Fund signals a major shift in industry assistance policy away from the former Labor…
DetailsThe former Labor government spent $2.9 million of taxpayer funds on advertising campaigns to promote its own 2017-18 State Budget, in what’s been described as a ‘desperate last-ditch attempt to cling to power’. The former Labor government spent $1.5 million on its ‘Growing Jobs Today’ campaign, $470,000 on its ‘Jobs Accelerator Grant’ campaign, and $922,000…
DetailsSouth Australians will continue to observe the Adelaide Cup public holiday in March in 2020, to coincide with that month’s major events calendar which in the past has featured the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Adelaide Festival, WOMADelaide and the Adelaide 500 car race. Since 2006, the Adelaide Cup public holiday has been changed to the…
DetailsThe reformist Marshall Liberal Government has decided to implement massive reforms to the arrangements for media access to their technology during the State Budget media lock-up. Treasurer Rob Lucas has decided to allow all those attending Tuesday’s budget media lock up access to their mobile phones, tablets and Wi-Fi during the lock-up to assist in…
DetailsThe State Government has paid more than $2 million in compensation and retraining fees to 87 TAFE SA aircraft maintenance training course students who had their licences revoked following a damning Civil Aviation Safety Authority audit. The audit, which helped precipitate a widespread TAFE SA training scandal affecting about 800 students across 16 ‘sub-standard’ courses…
Details“The State Government has inherited the significant problems created by the former Labor government’s incompetence and mismanagement of the nRAH project and associated contracts. “Sadly, it is another part of the financial mess which the new Government will have to clean up. “The Government confirms that it is working cooperatively with Celsus and Celsus’ subcontractor…
DetailsThe former Labor government flagrantly ignored the expert advice of its own treasury officials and shelled out $5.48 million in taxpayer-funded jobs grants and another $23.6 million in loans to businesses, some of which had been evaluated as ‘high risk’. Treasurer Rob Lucas said as many as 7 companies that either failed grant criteria or…
DetailsA vocal opponent of the Marshall Government’s push to reform shop trading laws has applied for – and been granted – a Ministerial exemption to open one of its stores outside prescribed shop trading hours, to capitalise on increased crowds at the nearby Royal Adelaide Show. Treasurer Rob Lucas has granted the temporary exemption under…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government will support the proposal by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison to remove the GST from feminine hygiene products. Treasurer Rob Lucas said the proposal will be discussed at a meeting of all Treasurers in September or October. “Whilst the total cost is still being confirmed, it has been estimated at about $30…
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