Premier 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…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government must rule out introducing a tax on foreigners buying property in South Australia. The Victorian Labor Government will introduce a tax that will see foreign property buyers hit with a 3 per cent surcharge on stamp duty and a 0.5 per cent surcharge on land tax. Victorian industry groups have raised…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today documents released under FOI have now revealed that the Weatherill Government had given a separation payout to a 79 year old public servant. “This is yet another example of a massive waste of taxpayers’ money at a time when Mr Weatherill is closing the Repatriation Hospital and cutting Emergency…
DetailsThe State Liberals have reassured South Australia’s 160,000 pensioners that the South Australian Parliament will protect their entitlement to the $190 council rates concession. “The State Liberals and the minor parties in the Upper House will block any attempt by Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis to cut pensioner’s entitlements to council rate concessions,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill has today made the extraordinary claim that Federal Labor Leader Bill Shorten is “not relevant” and cannot make a difference. The shock statement was made just hours before Mr Shorten is expected to deliver his budget response. Premier Weatherill made the claim on ABC Radio this morning: “He’s not relevant. He can’t…
DetailsSouth Australia is set to benefit from an unbudgeted GST windfall of $857 million, announced in the Federal Budget. “The Federal Budget has confirmed an increase of $857m in unallocated or unbudgeted GST funding to SA over the next three years,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The simple reality is that next year the extra…
DetailsThe State Liberals are calling on the Weatherill Labor Government to rule out introducing a tax on foreigners buying property in South Australia. The Victorian Labor Government will introduce a tax that will see foreign property buyers hit with a 3 per cent surcharge on stamp duty and a 0.5 per cent surcharge on land…
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