The Chief Executive of the Transport Department has confirmed in evidence to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that the Rann Government spent almost $100,000 of taxpayer’s money on a ‘Tram Welcome Party’. This was a disgraceful waste of money at a time when there are hundreds of other priorities more deserving of this…
DetailsThe Chief Executive of the Health Department has confirmed in evidence to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that the Rann Government’s ‘Future ICT’ process would cost the Health Department $51.4 million over five years. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that Dr Tony Sherbon confirmed he agreed with his…
DetailsPreviously confidential documents now released under Freedom of Information (FoI) prove conclusively that Treasurer Foley’s claims of annual $30 million savings from his Future ICT contracts were untrue. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that Future ICT is a series of contracts replacing the former Government’s single EDS contract. At the…
DetailsPreviously confidential documents now released under Freedom of Information (FoI) prove conclusively that Treasurer Foley’s claims of annual $30 million savings from his Future ICT contracts were untrue. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that Future ICT is a series of contracts replacing the former Government’s single EDS contract. At the…
DetailsAn urgent Auditor-General’s inquiry is needed into a $473,000 payment made at ‘world record’ speed by Premier Rann (to a church in his own electorate) from a ‘political slush fund.’ Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that previously confidential documents now released under a Freedom of Information (FoI) application, seeking copies…
DetailsMinister Paul Holloway has been accused of being too embarrassed to reveal answers to questions about his taxpayer funded overseas travel and frequent flyer points. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that Mr Holloway and most other Rann Government Ministers (in fact, 13 out of 15 Ministers including Premier Rann and…
DetailsRecent evidence given to a Parliamentary Committee by senior public servants has confirmed the Rann Government is continuing to hide millions of dollars being spent on consultants. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today the most recent annual report by the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) made the extraordinary claim…
DetailsA previously confidential Treasury memo released under Freedom of Information has cast further doubt on the accuracy of Rann Government claims about its ‘Future ICT’ (Information and Communications Technology) process. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that Rann Government claims of $30 million annual savings from its ‘Future ICT’ process have…
DetailsRecent decisions by Labor Premiers in Victoria and Queensland and the Commonwealth Government has placed pressure on Premier Rann to loosen South Australia’s increasingly restrictive Freedom of Information (FoI) laws. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas today said it was clear the national campaign by media interests – Right to Know – was…
DetailsTreasurer Kevin Foley has used four year old Information and Communication Technology (ICT) spending figures to try to justify his claim of $30 million in annual savings. Ms Angela Allison, Director of Corporate Services, Department of Trade and Economic Development (DTED) last week told the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that Mr Foley had…
DetailsA highly placed whistleblower has today revealed embarrassing details of Rann Government attempts to prevent the truth being released about claims of $30 million annual savings from the Government’s latest computer tendering contracts. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today that the Rann Government has scrapped the former EDS contract and replaced…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS: I refer to the Ombudsman Act, which makes it quite clear that it is not lawful to appoint anyone over the age of 65 to the position of Ombudsman. Section 10(1) provides: “The Ombudsman shall be appointed for a term expiring on the day on which he or she attains the…
DetailsThe Rann Government has been severely embarrassed by claims from a senior public servant that cyclist Stuart O’Grady was on a $40,000, two year contract to promote South Australia, but had not done a day’s work in the last financial year. Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Economic Development (DTED), Ray Garrand, yesterday…
DetailsA senior public servant has claimed that cyclist Stuart O’Grady was on a $40,000 contract to promote South Australia, but has not done a day’s work in the last financial year. Chief Executive of the Department for Trade and Economic Development (DTED), Ray Garrand, today gave evidence to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee…
DetailsThe Rann Government has been trying to manipulate supposedly independent Freedom of Information Officers in their handling of a potentially embarrassing series of FoI applications. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today the Rann Government has been claiming it is saving $30 million per year from its Future ICT process, which was…
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