The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:38): I want to speak about the Rann Government’s spin, deception, hypocrisy and broken promises, but I only have five minutes. After the election, the Premier indicated that he was going to reconnect with the electorate, and he directed his ministers and MPs to doorknock and listen to the electorate in…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (17:39): I rise to speak to the second reading of the Constitution (Government Advertising) Amendment Bill. On a previous occasion—I cannot recall exactly when—I, together with some other members of the upper house select committee on this issue, spoke about and addressed our various views on government advertising. I refer those…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:59): I move: That this council notes— 1.statements made by the Treasurer and Premier before the election about the state of the budget; and 2.with concern recent information about the state of the budget and the Rann government’s management of the state’s finances. In speaking to this motion, I note that…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:50): Members will be aware that Mr Lance Worrell was a long-term economics and political adviser to the Premier. Members will probably recall that the thesis for his original degree at the University of Adelaide Department of Politics went under the title ‘Marxist Theory and the State’. In the middle of…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:47): I rise to support the second reading of the Supply Bill debate and, perhaps unsurprisingly, will devote my brief time this afternoon to an important part of public expenditure within the state of South Australia at the moment, an increasingly important part—the amount of money being spent on the Adelaide…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:30): I rise to support the motion. My first vague recollections of Mr Allan Rodda was as a younger person in Mount Gambier. Having been raised in Mount Gambier it was always strange—and it must have been the late 1960s, early 1970s—that we had a member for Victoria in South Australia.…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:36): I move: 1. That a committee to be called the Budget and Finance Committee be appointed to monitor and scrutinise all matters relating to the state budget and the financial administration of the state. 2. That the standing orders of the Legislative Council in relation to select committees be applied…
DetailsI rise to speak about ongoing instability and factionalism within the Labor Party. At the start of each parliament, the Leader of the Government engages in a series of discussions with the members of the Legislative Council about matters of mutual interest, committees and committee processes, standing orders, etc. On most occasions, the Leader of…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:35): I rise to speak about ongoing instability and factionalism within the Labor Party. At the start of each parliament, the Leader of the Government engages in a series of discussions with the members of the Legislative Council about matters of mutual interest, committees and committee processes, standing orders, etc. On…
DetailsThe Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:51): I have to say that that is probably the limpest and lamest defence of a minister of the Crown that I have ever heard, but I am not surprised, coming from the Hon. Mr Finnigan. He probably had a good hard look at the evidence, which was quite damning in…
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