Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that FOI applications had confirmed there had been two claims of bullying made in workers compensation claims by former staff of Michael Atkinson MP. The Weatherill Government must now come clean and reveal what the total cost to taxpayers has been for the settlement of these bullying claims against Mr Atkinson. Treasury replies to two…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today Jay Weatherill’s obscene taxpayer funded pre-election advertising splurge was now more than $4 million and likely to grow further over the coming months. The following costs to taxpayers have now been revealed: • Jay Weatherill’s Energy Plan: $2.6 million • Job Accelerator Grant Scheme: $1 million plus • New Royal Adelaide Hospital:…
DetailsDocuments obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information have revealed some outrageous costs incurred by the Weatherill Government’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Consultation and Response Agency (CARA). The documents show the CARA budget blew out by $400,000 to $7.6 million, with key highlights including; The documents show the CARA budget blew out by $400,000 to $7.6…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill needs to explain to South Australian taxpayers why his former Department of Premier and Cabinet CEO, Mr Kym Winter-Dewhirst, received an estimated $137,500 payment when he chose to resign. In yesterday’s Budget Estimates it was revealed that Mr Winter-Dewhirst was given a payment amounting to a quarter of his $550,000 a year…
DetailsExcessive government advertising and expenditure on the State Government’s energy plan will today be under the spotlight, as senior officers from the Department of Premier and Cabinet appear before the Parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee. Premier Weatherill’s $5 million energy policy unit, headed by former Labor staffer Sam Crafter, and the details of the Weatherill…
DetailsThe State Liberals are warning South Australians that today’s State Budget will contain a raft of re-heated proposals dressed up as new initiatives as the old, tired and lazy Weatherill Government seeks to cling to power for another four years. In the face of rising unemployment Jay Weatherill has promised to ‘double down’ on his…
DetailsThe State Liberals have called on the Weatherill Government to rule out wasting taxpayer funds on political advertising following Thursday’s State Budget. “The Weatherill Labor Government’s track record on misusing and abusing public money on political advertising is abysmal,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “At a time when South Australian households and businesses are struggling…
DetailsThe State Liberals are demanding that Premier Jay Weatherill disbands the nuclear Response Advisory Board he established as part of his plan to make South Australia the world’s radioactive dump. “For Jay Weatherill to continue to fund the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Consultation and Response Agency (CARA) and its Advisory Board after he has…
DetailsThe State Liberals have called for no new taxes to be introduced in Labor’s last State Budget before the March 2018 State Election. “South Australian households and businesses are struggling under the Weatherill Labor Government’s punishing state taxes – the last thing they need is the introduction of any new taxes,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob…
DetailsWeatherill’s 3 dollar bills Ordinary South Australian households will be outraged at the Weatherill Government’s pitiful offer of a three dollar cut in their ESL tax bills in this year’s State Budget. “Three years ago the Weatherill Government financially mugged struggling South Australian families and now expects them to be grateful because he throws them…
DetailsEmbattled Minister Leesa Vlahos is more interested in booking in leave for next year than taking responsibility for the Oakden scandal. According to the Government Gazette, Minister Vlahos will be absent from 8 July to 17 July, 19 August to 27 August, and 31 December 2017 to 14 January 2018. “The families of abused Oakden…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (17:01): I move: That this council notes the level of total state debt in South Australia since the early 1990s and the factors that have influenced that level of state debt. In speaking to this motion, I want to trace the history of the issues that relate to the level of the…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today both SA Water and the Courts Administration Authority have expressed concerns about possible cost increases from the Weatherill Government’s decision to transfer responsibility for managing workers’ compensation claims to ReturnToWorkSA. The CEO of SA Water Roch Cheroux last week told the Budget and Finance Committee that if they were…
DetailsThe number of SA Water customers struggling to pay their water bills is on the rise, with more customers going onto the hardship program each month than are coming off it. In evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee this week, SA Water officials said approximately 3,000 customers were currently on the program, with a…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today claims by Water Minister Ian Hunter that SA Water was spending an extra $55 million over 4 years in pipe network renewal has been ‘blown out of the water.’ Evidence from SA Water CEO Roch Cheroux to the Budget and Finance Committee has confirmed that SA Water spending on…
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