The State Liberals are calling on the Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Atkinson to reverse his outrageous decision to hold by-elections in the state seats of Davenport and Fisher on different days. “The Speaker has been caught playing party politics with his decision to hold the two elections on separate weekends and needs…
DetailsThe Environment Department advised Treasury at the end of September of a $14 million ‘black hole’ in the Environment budget, said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. Acting DEWNR Chief Executive Tim Goodes told the Budget and Finance Committee yesterday they had been unable to impose new water charges on groups such as irrigators in the Riverland…
DetailsThe latest CommSec State of the States Report demonstrates yet again that South Australia is continuing to fall behind other states under the Weatherill Labor Government. The October 2014 Report revealed that: • South Australia is again ranked the weakest state economy on the mainland; • South Australia is generally ranked sixth to eighth on…
DetailsThe new unsolicited bids guidelines established by the Weatherill Government is an admission of failure from Labor over its handling of the sale of public land at Gillman last year. On 23 December last year it was announced that the State Government had signed an agreement with Adelaide Capital Partners (ACP) to sell 400Ha of…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today accused Premier Weatherill of sneaky and deceptive conduct in breaching government guidelines prior to the election to conceal the fact he was planning to privatise the MAC. In evidence provided by the Treasury CEO to the Budget and Finance Committee it has been confirmed that on 7 March 2013 the…
DetailsTwo of the twenty new Education Directors appointed under Weatherill Government policies had concerns raised about their performance in the Debelle Royal Commission. This was confirmed yesterday by Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) Chief Executive Tony Harrison in the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee. These highly paid new Education Director positions are…
DetailsConsumer sentiment in South Australia is at its lowest level in three years and the worst on mainland Australia, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment released yesterday. The report noted that the South Australian consumer sentiment index fell to its lowest level since October 2011 and is now 24 per cent below…
DetailsSouth Australia recorded the worst business conditions of all states in Australia in August, according to the latest NAB Business Survey released yesterday. During August, South Australia also suffered the worst decline in business conditions of all states and now has the equal worst business confidence of all states as well. “Under the Weatherill Labor…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government’s Emergency Department Dashboard is providing a disturbing snapshot of the gridlock that is gripping Adelaide’s major hospitals. “Yesterday five out of the six metropolitan hospitals Emergency Departments were classified as Code White* at one point of the day and it’s patients that are paying the price,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government must ensure it keeps its promise to exempt all pensioners and concession card holders from massive Emergency Services Levy (ESL) increases. Representatives of the Retirement Villages Association have raised publicly their concerns that some pensioners who have moved into retirement villages may be slugged with the Government’s massive ESL increases. “Put…
DetailsThe State Liberals are backing calls from residents and the Adelaide City Council for the city wide Dry Area to be extended to the southern parklands. “When Council workers require a police escort to empty the bins in public parks it’s time for the State Government to step in and deal with the problem,” said…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government paid contractors an extra $600,000 for ‘acceleration costs’ to get Adelaide Oval ready for the Rolling Stones concert, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “This $600,000 was wasted expenditure because the Rolling Stones concert was ultimately cancelled and then rescheduled,” said Mr Lucas. “This $600,000 payment was in addition to the proposed…
DetailsThe State Liberals are concerned that yesterday’s glut of ambulances left waiting outside emergency departments at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will become the norm in the next few years. “It’s more than two years since the State Labor Government promised the implementation of the Monaghan…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Jay Weatherill’s decision to waste taxpayers money on another ‘citizens’ jury’ is yet another example of why we had a $1.2 billion deficit and are heading towards a $14 billion debt. Premier Weatherill wasted more than $150,000 on his last citizens’ jury and this one will just…
DetailsFederal Government data showing the number of online job vacancies fell over the year to July 2014 is yet another disturbing sign that the South Australian economy is on life support. The Department of Employment Internet Vacancy Index shows that in seasonally adjusted terms South Australia suffered a drop of 1.00 per cent over the…
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