Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today welcomed the fact the Auditor-General was conducting an inquiry into the Weatherill Government’s controversial advertising campaigns and would be presenting a special report to Parliament. In recent evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee the Auditor-General was asked whether Mr Weatherill’s $1.1 million anti Federal Government campaign featuring two pensioners…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government is still spending $2 million on public art at the NRAH whilst at the same time the budget has blown out by more than $600 million. This is yet another example of the waste and financial mismanagement of the Weatherill Government which has led to record deficits and debt. Evidence to…
DetailsEvidence from the State’s Valuer General to a parliamentary committee was damning criticism of the Weatherill Government’s handling of the Gillman deal. SA Valuer General Ms Delfina Lanzilli told the Gillman Select Committee she had never been asked by the Government or Revenue SA to value the Gillman land subject to the ACP purchase. Ms…
DetailsNews that Chevron Exploration Australia has pulled out of its joint venture in the Cooper Basin with Beach Energy is another blow to the South Australian economy. “This news coupled with the latest ABS employment data showing the loss of 4400 mining jobs since last November paints a bleak picture for people seeking jobs in…
DetailsThe total number of public servants has increased despite the Weatherill Government spending $360 million on targeted voluntary separation packages. “Sadly for South Australian taxpayers this is another spectacular failure by Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis, and yet another example of their financial incompetence and mismanagement,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The Auditor-General’s latest report…
DetailsKey claims by Premier Weatherill about jobs and the oil and gas hub at Gillman are in direct conflict with statements made by Treasurer Koutsantonis. One of Mr Weatherill’s key arguments for his controversial Gillman deal has been that the Government chose the oil and gas hub and 6000 jobs rather than the alternative of…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government has admitted in answers provided to the Budget and Finance Committee to paying a separation package to a 76 year-old public servant. “This is yet another example of a massive waste of taxpayers’ money at a time when Mr Weatherill is cutting pensioner concessions and closing the Repat Hospital and Emergency Departments,”…
DetailsPremier Weatherill is now paying the sacked Chief Executive of his Department $198,565 for 17 hours a week in a new job. Documents made available under FOI laws show Jim Hallion has now been redeployed by Mr Weatherill on a five year contract from 1 January 2015 as the State Coordinator General. It should also…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government has launched another costly advertising campaign against the Federal Government’s pensioner concessions, costing South Australian taxpayers $1.1 million. At a cost of $1.1 million to South Australian taxpayers, Premier Weatherill could have actually given 5,700 South Australian pensioners their $190 concession instead of paying for another ad campaign. More than $4…
DetailsThe State Liberals are calling on the Weatherill Labor Government to reveal the cost of government ads promoting its tax reform discussion and Transforming Health plan. In a Tax Review paper released earlier this month, Premier Weatherill has suggested introducing a broad-based property tax be introduced to replace conveyance duty, costing South Australian families $1,200…
DetailsPremier Weatherill has shown his ‘warped priorities’ by giving a former Labor staffer a $125,000 pay rise as the boss of his Department. Contract details revealed under FOI laws show Mr Weatherill has appointed Kym Winter-Dewhirst as Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) Chief Executive on a five year contract worth $550,000 p.a – more…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the release of the controversial Gillman deal contract had now revealed critical public assurances by the Government about jobs and the oil and gas hub were untrue. The Government’s defence for its Gillman deal has been primarily the 6000 jobs it claims will come from a proposed oil and…
DetailsA number of experts have cast doubt on claims by Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis that their controversial Gillman deal will create 6,000 new jobs. When Mr Weatherill first announced the deal in December 2013 he claimed it would generate 6,000 new jobs. In responding to recent criticism by Justice Blue and the Auditor General…
DetailsMr Weatherill and Mr Koustantonis have deliberately misrepresented a finding by Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Blue on a critical Gillman Cabinet submission. Justice Blue noted the 2 December 2013 Cabinet Submission approved by Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis contained a ‘limited number of changes to the draft provided by Mr Hansen.’ When challenged by journalists…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Weatherill had now conceded he had been warned about possible probity issues over his controversial Gillman deal four months before he appointed a probity advisor to monitor the deal. Yesterday Mr Weatherill released a part of the original letter to him from Adelaide Capital Partners on 18…
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