Kevin 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…
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…
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…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says it was hypocritical for the Rann Government to criticise a public servant for attending an interstate conference at a cost of $3500 when Mike Rann spent $85,000 to send public servants to a conference in Adelaide. “In December 2002 the Rann Government actually hosted a national conference on Public Private…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says it was hypocritical for the Rann Government to criticise a public servant for attending an interstate conference at a cost of $3500 when Mike Rann spent $85,000 to send public servants to a conference in Adelaide. “In December 2002 the Rann Government actually hosted a national conference on Public Private…
DetailsUpper House Select Committee chairman Paul Holloway has been embarrassed in Parliament by revelations that a government management program which he has strongly attacked was in fact listed by him and his Department as a “Strategic Priority” in his own Department’s Annual Report. “On Wednesday, Minister Holloway and the Government said the Balanced Scorecard was…
DetailsThe Rann Government’s increasingly desperate attempts to defend Attorney-General Michael Atkinson had now descended to Goebbels-like levels of distorted propaganda, according to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The Rann Government has been severely embarrassed in the last week because three senior public servants have explicitly denied claims by Attorney-General Michael Atkinson that Kate Lennon kept two…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has accused Attorney-General Michael Atkinson of misleading the Parliament, after the third witness in less than a week to the ‘stashed cash’ inquiry directly contradicted the Attorney-General’s claims that Kate Lennon had kept two sets of books in the ‘stashed cash’ affair. In the Parliament last week, Attorney-General Atkinson made the…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas says two key witnesses to the ‘stashed cash’ inquiry have directly contradicted claims made by Attorney-General Michael Atkinson that Kate Lennon kept two sets of books in the “Stashed Cash” affair. In the Parliament on Monday Attorney-General Atkinson made the following claim: “… Kate Lennon used one of the oldest accounting…
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