The Marshall Liberal Government says a report from the Australian Energy Market Commission into lessons from South Australia’s state-wide blackout confirms the need for an electricity interconnector between South Australia and New South Wales. The report notes that an interconnector will deliver improved competition, reliability, resilience, and better allow the network to survive extreme events and be restored faster. The…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has welcomed the latest NAB Monthly Business Survey, which shows rising South Australian business confidence in July – with local businesses now the most confident in the nation in trend terms (+6 index points). The results – which follow the release of the State Budget on June 18 – mirror the positive findings of the recent…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has announced its formal response to the final report of the SA Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Government Procurement (Stage 1) – the first conducted by the Commission since it was established in October. Treasurer Rob Lucas said the Government has accepted all 30 of its recommendations – the majority in full – which…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has welcomed the latest BankSA State Monitor survey, which shows South Australian business confidence remains strong, with more employers creating new jobs in the past three months as others prepare to expand their local workforce. Planned investment has surged, with a record high number of businesses intending to make a major purchase on plant…
DetailsThe independent committee that manages the SA Venture Capital Fund has commenced a process to appoint a new venture capital fund manager to oversee investments of the $50 million SA Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF). This independent SAVCF Management Committee is chaired by respected businessman Raymond Spencer. In July 2017, the former Labor government entered into an agreement with BlueSky Venture Capital (BSVC)…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has announced it has successfully reached a commercial financing agreement with Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, the new owner of the Port Pirie lead smelter, which will secure compulsory repayment of the remaining monies owned under the $291.125 million taxpayer-guaranteed loan. As part of the deal, Nyrstar Port Pirie paid $29.125 million in May this…
DetailsThe State Government has announced it has been required to appoint advisors to seek a ‘confidential and non-binding’ indication of value of the Motor Vehicle Registry, as part of the secret deal done by the former Labor government in its $1.6b billion LTO privatisation. It is now absolutely clear that if the Labor government had been…
DetailsAn Independent Inquiry into Water Pricing in South Australia has found the former Labor government deliberately inflated the value of SA Water’s opening regulated asset base (RAB) to maximise profits and protect government revenues, driving up water bills for hardworking families and businesses. The damning final report of the Inquiry, led by a former regulator and respected corporate leader Lew Owens,…
DetailsTreasurer Rob Lucas today accused Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas of using taxpayer funds to pay for Labor Party authorised advertising attacking the Marshall Liberal Government. Since the State Budget the Labor Party has been running a series of radio commercials attacking the Marshall Liberal Government and aspects of the State Budget. “All of these commercials are clearly Labor Party commercials…
DetailsThe State Government has welcomed the move by private insurers, AAMI and SGIC, to reduce CTP insurance premiums offered to private passenger vehicles and all light goods carrying vehicles, such as utes, to the lowest rate possible under full-competition. It follows a similar move by competitor QBE who, earlier this month, also responded quickly by reducing its CTP premium rates for…
DetailsSome students across South Australia will have brought home end-of-term report cards without any written teacher comments about their progress and ability, attitude or areas for improvement, following a ‘silly’ Australian Education Union directive designed to disadvantage students and parents. Union bosses from the AEU have recommended their members not provide parents and children any insightful, informative commentary on…
DetailsThe Ombudsman today has published a report of his investigation into the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure pursuant to a referral dated 3 April 2018 under section 24(2)(c) of the Independent Commission against Corruption Act 2012. The investigation covered expenditure and actions during the period of the former Labor Government. The Minister of DPTI at the time was Stephen Mullighan…
DetailsThe overwhelming majority of government schools and preschools have rejected demands by union bosses from the Australian Education Union to close their classrooms and go on a full-day strike and protest on the steps of Parliament House. Treasurer Rob Lucas said 72 per cent (676) of the state’s 934 government primary, secondary and preschools will remain open –15 per…
DetailsThe State Government has expressed great disappointment in the decision by the Australian Education Union to create ‘unnecessary confusion, disruption and chaos’ for parents, grandparents and students by pushing ahead with a full-day school strike on Monday, in the final week of Term 2. Treasurer Rob Lucas said hard-working South Australian families and children would be unfairly punished by the…
DetailsThe State Government has urged union bosses at the Australian Education Union to show some compassion, common sense and courtesy towards parents, grandparents and students by postponing their full-day school strike a week to coincide with the start of school holidays. Treasurer Rob Lucas said hardworking families shouldn’t be unfairly punished by union bosses’ insistence on industrial action, which could see…
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