The Labor Government was first warned about potential printer cartridge rorting by the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission on 21 April 2010, the contents of a leaked copy of a confidential report into ‘Cartridgegate’ reveal. Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said the Ernst and Young report, dated November 2011, was a damning indictment of…
DetailsThe leaked report on “Cartridgegate” confirms Treasury officers knew of printer cartridge rorting abuses about 18 months ago, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. The Ernst & Young report confirms that on 27 September 2010, the Executive Director of Shared Services SA, which is within Treasury, replied to a 1 July 2010 letter from…
DetailsEvidence to a parliamentary committee has implicated a Weatherill Government Minister’s office in the ‘Cartridgegate’ scandal. Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) Chief Executive Ray Garrand confirmed to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee yesterday that an officer who had been in the Ministerial office…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (12:11): I rise to speak to the second reading of the Work Health and Safety Bill. This has been a controversial piece of legislation which was first introduced what seems like many years ago but was actually in April last year by the then minister, the then leader of the government,…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (11:05): I rise to support the Address in Reply and to thank the Governor for his speech for the opening of this session of parliament. There are two or three issues that I want to address in my contribution. The first relates to freedom of information and the government’s position in…
DetailsThe Liberal Party will move to defeat the Weatherill Government’s controversial work safety laws when debate resumes in the Legislative Council. Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Rob Lucas said the Liberal Party was particularly concerned about the bill’s impact on small business and housing affordability. “The Liberal Party has been raising significant concerns about this bill…
DetailsThe Labor Government is continuing to pay a former Chief Executive it just demoted a Chief Executive’s salary of more than $300,000 per year. New Department of Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy (DMITRE) Chief Executive Geoff Knight told the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee yesterday former Chief Executive Lance Worrall, also a long-term…
DetailsStatements made by Industrial Relations Minister Wortley on the impact of controversial new work safety laws on volunteers are clearly wrong. On Tuesday this week, Minister Wortley claimed: “A volunteer cannot be charged for a breach of the Occ [sic], Health and Safety Act, they can only be charged if they cause injury or death…
DetailsShadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas today accused the Labor Government and the Lotteries Commission of using ‘strong arm tactics’ in trying to silence growing anger at the decision to privatise the Lotteries Commission. “In recent weeks newsagents in both metropolitan and regional areas have been receiving telephone calls and letters threatening them with the…
DetailsUp to 200 fewer police officers will be delivered over the next two years than the number promised by the Labor Government at the 2010 election, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. Police Commissioner Mal Hyde yesterday told the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that recent budget cuts meant it was estimated there…
DetailsThe Weatherill Government has lost control of the budget and doesn’t know exactly how many public servants it is employing, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. The South Australian Public Sector Workforce Information Summary Report provides information about the structure, size and composition of the South Australian public sector workforce, but the most recent…
Details$264 million in ex gratia tax relief was provided to hundreds of companies and individuals by former Treasurer Kevin Foley from 2002-2011, documents released under Freedom of Information reveal. Even when relief provided under schemes such as Payroll Tax Trainee Wage Rebate, Payroll Tax Exporters Rebate and Drought Relief are excluded from the numbers, total…
DetailsThe Liberal Opposition will move amendments to Labor‟s flawed work safety legislation to try to protect the position of volunteers, Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Rob Lucas said today. National work safety expert Ken Phillips has confirmed Labor‟s new laws will reclassify millions of volunteers as workers, who could now be prosecuted and fined. Mr Phillips…
DetailsAn increase in the number of unanswered parliamentary questions on notice demonstrates the Labor Government is just as secretive and unaccountable under Premier Weatherill as former Premier Mike Rann. As at the end of this year, the Labor Government has refused to answer 3158 questions on notice, with the oldest dating back to July 2002…
DetailsAn increase in the number of unanswered parliamentary questions on notice demonstrates the Labor Government is just as secretive and unaccountable under Premier Weatherill as former Premier Mike Rann. As at the end of this year, the Labor Government has refused to answer 3158 questions on notice, with the oldest dating back to July 2002…
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