Retail sales figures issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and a June survey of business intentions by the Engineering Employer Association (EEASA) were two further warning signs about the health of the South Australian economy, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The monthly survey by EEASA of South Australia’s metal and engineering industries…
DetailsLast year’s Auditor General’s report showed that about 30 state government departments and agencies had estimated that about $108 million of debts owed to government would be lost and not be able to be recovered, Shadow Treasurer, Rob Lucas said today. In simple terms this means that the Rann Government has made an allowance in…
DetailsOther Labor states are ‘leaving South Australia for dead’ by using significant private investment to help tackle massive public sector infrastructure backlogs, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Other Labor state governments in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are using Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to help tackle backlogs in funding for schools, hospitals, TAFEs,…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today senior public service executives were furious at Mr Rann’s broken promises on public service job cuts and have predicted hundreds of jobs will go, contrary to specific promises made by Mr Rann at the election. These senior public servants have leaked highly confidential details of an extraordinary Cabinet meeting…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the total number of ‘spin doctors’ and other Ministerial office staff was increasing so rapidly it appeared they were ‘breeding like flies’. “Mr. Rann is wasting about $20 million over four years by this explosion in the number of staff employed in Ministerial offices,” Mr. Lucas said today. “The…
DetailsShadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today that the latest revelation about the driver caught speeding at 175 km/h with a blood alcohol level of 0.151 now raised the question as to how many other drivers have not lost their licences automatically as intended by the legislation. “This ongoing fiasco with the Rann Government’s road…
DetailsShadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today Premier Rann stood condemned for another Rann Government ‘stuff up’ with road safety laws which potentially put at risk the lives of innocent drivers. “The most recent example revealed by police relates to a driver caught speeding at 175 km/h in a 60 km/h zone and who also…
DetailsShadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today police officers were graduated last week without having completed critical sections of their training course to help the Rann Government ‘spin’ their message of 4000 police officers being employed before the end of June. Last Wednesday (June 28) 42 police officers in two courses of UK recruits graduated…
DetailsThe Rann Government is today slugging taxpayers by increasing almost 2000 fees, fines and charges with some increasing by more than 200 per cent, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Rann Government was already the highest taxing government in this state’s history but is further consolidating its record with today’s rises,” Mr Lucas said…
DetailsAllegations about the behaviour of senior Government Ministers had to be taken seriously by Premier Rann and properly investigated, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Mr Lucas said if the allegations made this week by Independent MLC Ann Bressington about the behaviour of Ministers Kevin Foley and Pat Conlon were true, they would be a…
DetailsThe Rann Government will this week slug taxpayers by increasing almost 2000 fees, fines and charges with some increasing by more than 200 per cent, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Rann Government is the highest taxing government in this state’s history and this week and in the coming state budget Mr Rann will…
DetailsThe State Government should partner with a private sector sponsor and the Adelaide City Council to provide a big screen for Adelaide soccer fans to watch the Socceroos take on Italy this Tuesday morning, Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today. Melbourne has a big screen at Federation Square and Sydney fans…
DetailsThe Rann Government’s refusal to include ecstasy as a prescribed drug under drug driving legislation leaves it out of step with other Labor Governments that have or are introducing similar legislation, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “It was revealed earlier this week that Victoria, the state upon whose legislation ours is said to…
DetailsDrivers detected driving with ecstasy would not be penalised under the Rann Government’s new drug driving laws, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “It seems hard to understand why the Rann Government would decide on such a bizarre policy unless the explanation is that this is yet another ‘stuff up’ by Transport Minister Conlon,”…
DetailsThe Rann Government has been left red-faced by revelations that the Victorian Labor Government this year amended its drug driving legislation to include ecstasy as a prescribed drug, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “The changes to Victoria’s drug driving laws will take effect on 1 July, the same date as South Australia’s less…
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