Concerns have been raised by the State Liberals about taxpayer funded government advertising in Parliament’s Budget and Finance meeting yesterday. The Weatherill Labor Government has regularly breached its own advertising rules in a shameless use of taxpayer dollars for party political purposes. Prior to the 2014 State Election, a full colour booklet was circulated in…
DetailsHouse sales fell by 8.4 per cent in South Australia in the June quarter – the worst of all mainland states in Australia, according to Housing Industry Association data released yesterday. In fact, South Australia was the only mainland state to record a decline in the June quarter. The HIA also noted that there is…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that another two Renewal SA Board Members had given evidence to a parliamentary inquiry saying the controversial Gillman land deal should have gone to competitive tender. This evidence to the Gillman Select Committee from former Board Member, Mike Terlet, and current Board Member, Helen Fulcher, is a massive “thumbs…
DetailsIn stunning evidence to a parliamentary committee, Renewal SA executives have admitted the probity auditor for the controversial Gillman land deal was not appointed until after many of the key meetings with the sole bidder had been conducted. Premier Weatherill and Minister Koutsantonis have defended the Gillman land deal not going to competitive tender with…
DetailsTreasurer Koutsantonis has had to cancel a critical component of a Treasury IT project to try and limit the blowout to $32 million. Treasurer Koutsantonis was forced to admit today in Budget Estimates that the critical Stage 3 of the RISTEC project in his Department had now been cancelled. This Stage 3 of the project…
DetailsA Government IT project that commenced in 2002 and has so far cost South Australian taxpayers $54 million dollars has still not been finalised, and has no completion date in sight. Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said the Weatherill Government’s mismanagement of the Revenue SA Information Systems to Enable Compliance (RISTEC) project was farcical and deeply…
DetailsEvidence from Renewal SA to the Gillman Select Committee has confirmed there were 11 separate approaches for land at Gillman over a three year period from 2010 to 2013. This evidence is further embarrassment for Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis who had responsibility for the controversial Gillman land deal. In fact, on ABC radio on…
DetailsMounting evidence from the Gillman Select Committee has directly contradicted various claims made by Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis over their controversial Gillman land deal. In a significant embarrassment to Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis, evidence from Renewal SA executives and also former board member Theo Maras has raised serious questions about the Government’s financial…
DetailsDamning evidence from former Renewal SA Board member Theo Maras today has raised serious questions about the financial management and competence of Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis. In evidence to the Gillman Select Committee, Mr Maras said he was so strongly opposed to the Weatherill Government’s decision on Gillman that he had to resign his…
DetailsInformation provided to the State Liberals raises further doubts over Public Sector Minister Susan Close’s version of events about the appointment of Erma Ranieri as Commissioner for Public Sector Employment. “Information provided to the State Liberals by a whistleblower is that on 7 April 2014 Minister Close took a submission to cabinet indicating she would…
DetailsPublic Sector Minister Susan Close must address a series of unanswered questions about the appointment of Erma Ranieri as the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment. In May, the State Liberals asked Minister Close in Parliament: “Can the Minister assure the house that when the current Commissioner for Public Employment concludes his term she will ensure…
DetailsTreasury CEO Brett Rowse has confirmed Federal funds to SA will actually increase by $2 billion per year by 2017/18, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. In evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee, Mr Rowse agreed total Federal grants to SA in 2017/18 will be $9.9 billion, an increase of $2 billion over the…
DetailsIn a script worthy of the Yes Minister TV series, it has been revealed South Australia’s Treasury Department doesn’t have an economic forecasting unit. “It is bizarre and simply defies logical explanation that Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis could have decided South Australia’s Treasury should probably be the only Treasury in Australia not to have…
DetailsThe State Budget is based on a range of absurdly optimistic revenue assumptions that will require South Australia to transform overnight from economic basketcase to economic powerhouse to be realised. “At the heart of the Treasurer’s dodgy figures is the assumption that South Australian tax revenue growth will rocket along at 6.2 per cent, the…
DetailsA senior State Government source has provided information that the Weatherill Government employed highly-paid consultants last year to consider privatising some SA Water assets said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. In evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee, Under Treasurer Brett Rowse refused to answer questions on the grounds the issue had gone to Cabinet and…
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