The State Liberals are calling on the Weatherill Government to restore the concession on the Emergency Services Levy (ESL) and abandon plans to jack-up payroll tax in the forthcoming state budget. “The Federal Budget’s tax cut for small business and the surge in federal revenue into South Australia have created a golden opportunity to…
DetailsSA Unions Secretary Joe Szakacs’ appointment to the Return to Work Board is yet another example of “jobs for the boys” under the Weatherill Labor Government, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Announced yesterday in the Government Gazette, Mr Lucas said the appointment to a $55,000 position also showed the Weatherill Government had been dishonest…
DetailsThe State Liberals are demanding the Weatherill Government explain why it isn’t seeking substantial financial penalties from the nRAH builders as result of repeated delays and budget blow-outs in the project. “The nRAH is now more than $600 million over budget and likely to be a year overdue yet the Weatherill Government is merely asking…
DetailsThe State Labor Government’s Gillman land deal keeps on getting worse for South Australians. Deputy Premier Rau’s announcement that Labor will hand over another $2.2 million to private companies who are yet to create any jobs at Gillman, or pay the Government for the land they are acquiring, is staggering. The first $45 million payment…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Government had broken its promise to regularly publish online the expenditure of State Government Ministers and their staff. In September 2013 Mr Weatherill announced “Public Disclosure” on departmental websites for credit card, overseas travel and mobile phone costs would increase accountability in public officials: “Governments should be…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today three local mayors had cast significant doubts over claims made in Parliament by Minister Kyam Maher about the 15,000 jobs claim included in the Northern Economic Plan. When the Weatherill Government released its $24 million Northern Economic Plan it included the 15,000 jobs claim to grow employment to 165,000…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the CEO of Premier Weatherill’s Department Kym Winter-Dewhirst had been caught out wasting taxpayers’ money on the same full production film company used by Mr.Weatherill to film a travelogue of his overseas trips. FOI documents reveal that Mr.Winter-Dewhirst paid 57 FILMS $12,000 to film him for a message to his…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that FOI documents revealed that Jay Weatherill had paid more than $285k to a full production film company-57 FILMS-to film a number of events including his overseas trips. “I believe this is simply a massive waste of taxpayers’ money designed to stroke the ego of a vain politician,” said…
DetailsThe State Liberals are calling on Tourism Minister Leon Bignell to identify and payback all questionable claims for hotel stays in Adelaide he has made on the taxpayer since becoming Minister in the State Labor Government. “The latest revelation that Minister Bignell slugged taxpayers $185.70 to stay in the Intercontinental Hotel on North Terrace in…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the latest government figures for 2015 indicate that 61% of investigations into alleged breaches of the code of ethics by public servants remain unfinalised as at the end of the reporting period. The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment ‘State of the Sector’ report for 2014/2015 reports that 272 of…
DetailsThis decision has been taken by the independent Remuneration Tribunal. The principle behind the new legislation was to be more transparent about MP’s pay by abolishing many of the benefits and allowances which the community had complained about. The Liberal Party supported the principle of MP’s pay being determined by an independent Tribunal and therefore…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Liberal Party was writing to the Auditor General and the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment asking them to investigate the circumstances behind Mr Weatherill’s CEO Kym Winter-Dewhirst giving lucrative government contracts to a film company. It has now been confirmed by the Government that a close family member…
DetailsThe State Liberals are calling on Premier Jay Weatherill to explain whether the Chief Executive of his Department, Kym Winter-Dewhirst, gave lucrative government contracts to a film company which had employed a close family member. Local film production company 57 Films was used by Mr Weatherill on his recent trip to Paris to send high…
DetailsThe chief executive officers of some State Government agencies have secretly been given massive pay increases by Premier Jay Weatherill, it can be revealed. Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said that pay rises of up to $80,000 had been granted despite South Australia’s economy stalling and the State registering the highest unemployment rate in the…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today said recent claims by Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis that superannuation funds were not delivering returns more than 6% were naïve and laughable. Last week in a testy exchange on ABC Radio Mr Koutsantonis was challenged to explain why he had directed the Motor Accident Commission to reduce its expected earnings from…
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