The State Liberals are calling on the Health Minister Jack Snelling to guarantee that all beds in the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will be available for patient care from the first day that the new facility opens. The Advertiser report based on a Medical Staff Society document raises further very serious questions regarding the operation…
DetailsSouth Australia has experienced a huge drop in the level of commercial building activity in the March 2015 quarter, according to the latest ABS data released yesterday. The value of non-residential building activity dropped by 21.5 per cent in the March quarter. The value also dropped over the last 12 months, compared to the previous…
DetailsThe State Liberals have reiterated their call for an independent inquiry into allegations of tampering with patient medical records at the Lyell McEwin hospital. “The appointment of the Chief Medical Officer Paddy Phillips does not satisfy the need for an independent investigation of the altering of a patient record,” said Liberal MLC Rob Lucas. “With…
DetailsThe State Liberals are demanding a full independent inquiry into allegations of tampering with patient medical records at the Lyell McEwin hospital. This morning on ABC 891 radio Dr Paul Newbold, a radiologist at the Lyell McEwin, claimed a file note he had put on a patient’s medical record was tampered with: Dr Newbold: but…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill’s abject admission that after 13 years of a Labor Government unemployment in South Australia is going to get worse before it gets better is a damning indictment of his Government’s performance. “Jay Weatherill has thrown in the towel when it comes to fighting unemployment in South Australia,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas.…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Weatherill’s federation reform plan is based on increasing taxes on struggling South Australian families and businesses. Mr Weatherill’s plan is made absolutely clear in his speech to the National Press Club when he said the Federal Government had to acknowledge an $80 billion gap in funding over…
DetailsPremier Weatherill has addressed the National Press Club calling for greater co-operation with the Federal Government at the same time his Ministers continue to attack the Federal Government and his Government is spending millions of dollars on advertising attacking the Federal Government. The Weatherill Labor Government has spent millions of dollars on pensioner concession ads,…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today SA Water has advised the Weatherill Government not to accept an unsolicited bid for the Aldinga wastewater treatment works but rather go to a competitive tender if it agreed to the privatisation proposal. SA Water CEO John Ringham told the Budget and Finance Committee that the Weatherill Government’s coordinator…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Government had re-employed an executive who only weeks earlier had been sacked and given a massive termination payout from Mr Weatherill’s own Department. “The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment Erma Ranieri in evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee has confirmed this occurred and also indicated she…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said Budget documents confirmed the Weatherill Government has spent $377 million on targeted voluntary separation packages (TVSPs) while failing spectacularly on its promise to reduce public service numbers. This is another stunning example of the financial mismanagement and incompetence of Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis. Budget papers show that between November…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill has announced a sneaky plan to impose a new tax on South Australians by broadening the GST to include banking services. “Within a week of releasing the 2015-16 State Budget, Mr Weatherill has started pushing for a new tax,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “It is downright sneaky for Mr Weatherill to…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis seemed to have suffered a ‘convenient’ memory loss about a secret study into the possible sale of SA Water assets conducted prior to the election. “This morning in a radio interview Mr Koutsantonis couldn’t remember whether his Government had paid consultants KPMG $100,000 prior to the…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today evidence from Treasury boss Brett Rowse to the Budget and Finance Committee had made it clear the Weatherill Government had been considering the privatisation of some of the assets of SA Water and HomeStart Finance. When Mr Rowse was asked directly about the possible sale of any of SA…
DetailsThe State Liberals have called on the Weatherill Labor Government to commit to introducing no new taxes in next week’s State Budget. “Given that South Australia’s unemployment rate has now skyrocketed to 7.6 per cent, the Weatherill Labor Government must start working on a plan to transform our economy and create jobs,” said Shadow Treasurer…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today it was highly embarrassing for Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis that the key agency for modelling good public service practice had blown its budget by $2 million this year. Commissioner for Public Sector Employment Erma Ranieri told the Budget and Finance Committee she had advised Treasury earlier this year…
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