Former WorkCover Board Member Janet Giles today gave evidence to the Legislative Council Statutory Authorities Review Committee meeting in direct conflict with evidence of former Board Chair Bruce Carter and Chief Executive Julia Davison. “Ms Giles indicated to the Committee that she would have had concerns if Employers Mutual Limited (EML) had been allowed to…
DetailsThe Rann Labor Government was planning to spend more than $50 million on consultants and ‘in house’ expertise just to manage the process of public-private partnerships (PPP) for schools, prisons and the Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (MJN) hospital. “This proposed spending is clearly excessive and an outrageous waste of taxpayers’ money and yet another example of Mike…
DetailsJohn Blunt: “I mean, we have got business interests, as well, so we want good governance. We want to see things happen in this state.” Matthew Abraham: “You want to be looked after, too?” John Blunt: “Yeah, we want to make our projects happen, that’s for sure, but, you know, that’s a part of the…
DetailsPremier Rann must explain publicly his reasons for continually appointing so many people with connections to the Labor Party to key Government Boards and Committees. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today it was clear that if you were a ‘Labor Mate’ or had a close association with the Labor Party, your…
DetailsThere had been a massive $37 million blowout in the implementation costs of the Rann Government’s troubled Shared Services project. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that previously confidential documents released under Freedom of Information had now revealed that the Rann Government ignored advice about possible cost blowouts provided 18 months…
DetailsThe Auditor General should now investigate concerns which had been raised about the way the Rann Government had handled the tendering process for the State Aquatic Centre and GP Plus Centre at Marion. In June the Rann Government announced that the Aqua43 consortium, including MacQuarie Bank and Candetti Constructions, had been the successful tenderers for…
DetailsPremier Rann’s decision to appoint a ‘Labor mate’ and factional heavyweight to the WorkCover Board showed how arrogant and out of touch Mr Rann had become. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that Mr Rann was about to appoint Peter Malinauskas, State Secretary of the powerful right wing union, the Shop…
DetailsAdjourned debate on second reading (continued from 9 April 2008, page 2347). The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (23:38): In speaking to this particular bill I will start with two quotes. The first quote is from the Labor Party policy of 2002, the plan for honesty in government, which quotes the now Premier, Mr Rann, as follows:…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:18): I am delighted to be able to speak at this hour of the afternoon, and I am pleased to be following the contribution of the Hon. Mr Finnigan. It is not because of anything sensible or useful that he has added to the debate. As I suspected, he managed to…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:42): I rise to speak about the duplicity and deceitfulness of the Premier, the Rann government and its spin doctors. In particular, I want to talk about the arrogance and game-playing engaged in by the Premier, in particular, and his officers in relation to refusing to answer serious questions and issues…
DetailsThe Rann Government was going to spend $9 million on a fit-out for a building which was being vacated by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and SA Water as they moved into luxury new accommodation in the Catholic Church building in Victoria Square. Last week it was revealed that the Rann Government was going to…
DetailsThe latest gazetted salaries for Rann Government ‘Spin Doctors’ and staff further confirmed that many of them were grossly overpaid and leeches on the public purse sucking valuable dollars from more important priorities. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that there is no justification at all for Mr Rann to pay…
DetailsTreasurer Kevin Foley was wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on ‘dead rent’ in buildings for public servants due to the Labor Government’s decision to delay the Shared Services project. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that in July last year the Rann Government announced the lease of nine floors of Westpac…
DetailsThere had been a $20.5 million blowout and a five year delay in a major IT project managed by Treasurer Kevin Foley. Evidence given to today’s meeting of the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee by Under Treasurer Jim Wright confirmed that the original $22.5 million budget for Revenue SA Information Systems To Enable Compliance…
DetailsPremier Mike Rann was trying to implement a lockout of Adelaide’s bars and clubs through the back door without introducing legislation into the Parliament. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that for the last few weeks Mr Rann had been trying to get more than 100 bars and club licensees in…
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