Whilst welcoming a belated Rann Government announcement to duplicate the Southern Expressway, residents of southern suburbs will be wondering whether they can trust Mr Rann on yet another election eve promise. “Southern suburbs residents will remember just prior to the 2006 election a $140 million promise as detailed in the Advertiser to build an underpass…
DetailsThe Report of the Statutory Authorities Review Committee into WorkCover had now been completed and published. “The Committee’s Report highlights that Premier Mike Rann had broken another key promise by not reducing the WorkCover average levy rate by June 2009,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. The following graph shows the average levy…
DetailsThe State Liberals have discovered a massive financial black hole in the Rann Government’s untrustworthy stormwater plan. The Government has committed in its Water For Good document to use 20GL of stormwater by 2013 and up to 60GL by 2050 to stop drinking water being used for parks, sports grounds and industrial uses, Shadow Minister…
DetailsPlans by the Rann Government to allow developers to build a $5 million hotel complex on a public park in Paradise in a secret land swap deal is another example of a government that has stopped listening to the people. Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said the controversial development had been supported by local…
DetailsToday’s Advertiser opinion poll makes it clear that “trust” will be a key issue for voters in the upcoming State Election. “Today’s poll indicates that when asked which political leader they trusted the most, an overwhelming majority trusted Liberal Leader Isobel Redmond rather than Mike Rann,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “In…
DetailsPremier Mike Rann’s supposed new policy to release Cabinet Documents after 10 years had been exposed as a political stunt and a farce. “In August 2009, Mr Rann announced with much fanfare his new policy of releasing Cabinet Documents after only 10 years,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “From October the 1st…
DetailsThe latest ABS figures show that South Australia’s housing sector performance under Premier Rann and Treasurer Foley is the worst of all mainland states. Housing Finance figures for November 2009 revealed that SA was lagging well behind the rest of the nation in terms of growth in the number and value of housing finance commitments…
DetailsBased on Budget statements made by Treasurer Kevin Foley, further public sector jobs will be cut by the Rann Government (if re-elected) as a result of recent public sector wage deals. “In last year’s Budget Mr Foley made it quite clear that if public sector wage increases were not limited to 2.5 per cent per…
DetailsThe Rann Government had refused to answer in excess of 2,500 questions on notice in the Parliament, some of which had been first asked seven years ago in December 2002. “Whilst official records have not been kept, it is clear the Rann Government has set the record for having the most unanswered questions ever at…
DetailsThe taxation regime under the Rann Government is stifling the states economy and suffocating small business. The independent Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) released its 2009 report of State Business Taxes revealing that South Australia’s businesses pay 4.8 per cent more state business taxes than the national average and 10.5 per cent above tax liabilities…
DetailsFamilies and Communities Minister Jennifer Rankine’s office had refused to release names and details of her personal staff and had cited public safety issues as the bizarre explanation. “The arrogance of the Rann Government is clearly demonstrated by the increasingly outrageous reasons they give for refusing to provide information under Freedom of Information laws,” Liberal…
DetailsFamilies and Communities Minister Jennifer Rankine had bungled again in her increasingly desperate attempt to conceal the names of all 21 staff in her taxpayer funded Ministerial office. After being questioned on radio station 5AA this afternoon by Mike Smithson, Ms Rankine indicated she was prepared to show the list of her 21 staff to…
DetailsA detailed analysis of the latest Auditor General’s Report revealed the Rann Government was spending at least $200 million per year on consultants, contractors and agency staff. “Total claimed consultancy costs for 2008-09 were $27 million and contractor/agency staff costs were $145 million,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “However, the real costs…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:51): I have to say that that is probably the limpest and lamest defence of a minister of the Crown that I have ever heard, but I am not surprised, coming from the Hon. Mr Finnigan. He probably had a good hard look at the evidence, which was quite damning in…
DetailsShadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today that all members of the Statutory Authorities Review Committee had reported they were ‘appalled’ at some of the evidence given to an inquiry into the operation of the Rann Government’s Office of the Public Trustee. Mr Lucas said that Labor, Liberal and Independent MLCs all agreed on…
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