Premier Mike Rann has begun his 2005 magical media world tour with an ‘announcement’ in the UK of something announced two months ago in Adelaide, according to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “It is a shame the Premier has to justify his travels with re-announcements of old announcements,” Mr Lucas said. Local television, radio and press…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that the latest export figures show that SA’s export performance is the worst of all the states. The most recent export figures released by the ABS show that export growth in some states is almost 5 times stronger than SA’s export growth and Australian figures are almost 3 times…
DetailsTreasury strongly opposed the Rann Government’s decision to provide a $7 million subsidy to the developers of the City Central project, according to leaked information from within Treasury provided to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Treasury sources have confirmed that Treasury did not believe the Rann Government’s claim that the taxpayer subsidy of $7m was required…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today issued a warning to the media to be aware of shifty looking Premiers sidling up to them and trying to claim credit for tax cuts which are really part of the GST tax trade off deal!! Just last month Peter Costello issued an ultimatum to Mr Rann and all Labor…
DetailsThe appointment of Robert Champion de Crespigny and David Cappo to become members of Cabinet’s senior Executive Committee is a concrete admission of the lack of talent within the Rann Government ranks. Liberal Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said the appointments were a resounding no-confidence vote in the quality of the Rann Government’s front bench and…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today last week’s Australian Bureau of Statistics annual report on ‘Taxation Revenue’ had confirmed that the Rann Government is the highest taxing State government in South Australia’s history. The annual report compares the taxation collections by the Commonwealth, State and Local Government for all states and territories up to 2003-04.…
DetailsEnd of year spending sprees by Rann Government Ministers must be investigated by the Auditor-General, according to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Latest figures show that some Labor Ministers actually spent up to 67 percent of their total capital works spend in June 2004 – the last month of the 2003-04 financial year,” Mr Lucas said…
DetailsKevin Foley is acting like a 21st century version of ‘Henny Penny’ in claiming that the state budget is in trouble because of the GST deal negotiation, according to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Kevin Foley’s response seems to be limited to be running around in circles with his hands flapping and claiming the sky is…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today latest figures released by the Federal Government show the total GST windfall to South Australia was now $1.7 billion over the seven years to 2009-10. In fact, the Federal Government is estimating that in two years the annual increase in the size of the actual GST windfall will be…
DetailsTreasurer Kevin Foley and the Rann Government are still refusing to provide vital information relating to the ‘stashed cash’ affair, nearly two years after questions were first asked. “For some 21 months now, Kevin Foley has refused to provide answers to a series of questions about the extent of underspending in all departments and what…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says Minister Paul Holloway has been severely embarrassed by damning evidence at today’s ‘stashed cash’ inquiry meeting, and must now apologise for untrue statements he made about so-called lavish spending by public servants at the 6-star Palazzo Versace hotel. Evidence provided to the Upper House Select Committee this morning by senior…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says the latest Federal GST figures reveal that a Rann Government already awash with funds will get a further unexpected GST bonus of $170m over the period up to 2007-08. “At the time of last year’s State Budget the Rann Government estimated that South Australia would get a GST bonus of…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says Minister Paul Holloway has been severely embarrassed by damning evidence at today’s ‘stashed cash’ inquiry meeting, and must now apologise for untrue statements he made about so-called lavish spending by public servants at the 6-star Palazzo Versace hotel. Evidence provided to the Upper House Select Committee this morning by senior…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has moved to set up a Parliamentary inquiry into the collection of property taxes, which would look at what are widely considered to be inequities in the current system. Mr Lucas has today moved for the Legislative Council to establish a Select Committee to inquire into all matters relating to the…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says recent Rann Government changes to South Australia’s trade offices after three years of uncertainty make no sense at a time when South Australia’s export performance is struggling. “This week the Rann Government announced the closure of trade offices in Hong Kong and Malaysia after recent decisions to close offices in…
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