South Australians will be given the ultimate power to decide whether the state introduces popular job-creating shop trading hours reform, with the Marshall Government announcing plans for an historic referendum on the issue to be held on the same day as next year’s state election. The referendum would be the first in SA in…
DetailsA first home buyer boom is sweeping South Australia with a huge surge in demand for the State Government’s $15,000 First Home Owner Grant, which supports locals achieve the great Australian dream of home ownership. So far this calendar year, 1,453 South Australians have received the grant – for the purchase or construction…
DetailsThe State Government has today gazetted a schedule of fees and charges for 2021-22, with most to increase by the standard government indexation rate of 1.9% – which is consistent with the practice under the former Labor government. The 1.9% increase covers a range of charges, including conveyancing fees, land valuations, motor vehicle registration…
DetailsSouth Australians seeking urgent medical attention, and SA’s hardworking ambulance officers and paramedics, will be further supported with the State Government employing an extra 74 full-time equivalent ambos as part of the resolution to the current long-running industrial dispute with the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). In what would be the end to the current…
DetailsThe overwhelming success of the HomeBuilder grant scheme in South Australia - more than any other state or territory per capita – is helping drive a huge hi-vis economic recovery, with local tradies inundated with housing and construction work for at least the next 18 months. Thousands of SA tradies, from carpenters, bricklayers and…
DetailsThe State Government has welcomed a decision today by the independent South Australian Employment Tribunal to order the United Workers Union (UWU) to immediately cease its ill-considered cleaning bans in our hospitals due to the significant risk to patient and staff safety. The Tribunal has ordered the UWU to immediately lift over 20 bans…
DetailsSouth Australian small and medium businesses are among the most confident in the nation and have reported a significant rise in trading conditions – which include profitability, sales, forward orders and employment – according to the latest independent NAB quarterly SME survey. The survey, which covered the first three months of the year, showed…
DetailsSouth Australia continues to outperform almost every other state and territory for its strong jobs rebound since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, as latest figures show annual overseas goods exports have surged to more than $12 billion. Total employee jobs in SA increased by 12.5 per cent in the 12 months since the…
DetailsThe union bosses from the United Workers Union have demonstrated how out of touch with South Australians they are, with their disgraceful and dangerous actions to institute cleaning bans in our hospitals putting patient safety at risk, in the midst of a global pandemic. “These disgraceful actions from the union bosses are completely unacceptable…
DetailsSouth Australia continues to lead the nation for its strong jobs rebound since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, while local business conditions have surged to near record highs. And SA continues to outperform every other state and territory, except Western Australia, for the total value of employee wages paid since the COVID low point…
DetailsFamilies wanting to stock up on groceries and other supplies towards the end of the Easter long weekend have the opportunity to shop closer to home, with all suburban shops permitted to open today (Easter Monday) – in addition to the CBD and regional areas. Treasurer Rob Lucas has granted an exemption under the…
DetailsThe State Government remains committed to resolving the ongoing industrial relations dispute with the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). Treasurer Rob Lucas said the Government remained willing to compromise, offering at least an extra 50 ambulance officers conditional upon the union agreeing to sensible roster reform, ambos taking meal breaks at their nearest station and the…
DetailsSouth Australia continues to top the nation for its strong jobs rebound since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to latest key ABS data. And SA continues to outperform every other state and territory, except Western Australia, for the total value of employee wages paid since the COVID low point (April 18, 2020) –…
DetailsTreasurer Rob Lucas said he was disappointed that the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) was not ready to reach agreement with the State Government today to resolve the union’s ongoing industrial relations dispute. The Government was set to strike a deal today, however the union was unwilling to compromise, and therefore mediation in the SA Employment…
DetailsThe State Government has announced it has offered to employ at least 50 extra ambulance officers as part of its commitment to improve South Australia’s ambulance service and resolve the ongoing industrial dispute with the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). The extra 50 ambulance officers are: In addition to the extra 187 full-time equivalent staff employed…
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