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Treasurer Rob Lucas has warned critics of the Marshall Government’s controversial land tax reforms that he will consider additional budget cuts or alternative new taxes if the measure is defeated in parliament next month.
A former head of SACOSS and senior staffer for Labor leaders Jay Weatherill and Peter Malinauskas has been earmarked to replace factional boss David Gray as the Labor Left’s next powerbroker – but her prospective elevation is already ruffling feathers in the party.
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South Australia’s unemployment rate continues to be the worst in Australia, with the August figure climbing to 7.3 per cent.
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South Australia’s newest Liberal senator has slammed sporting codes such as the AFL prioritising “social justice causes” over the “core business” of playing sport, in a maiden speech decrying “the tyranny of political correctness”.
Treasurer Rob Lucas says he’s expecting a frosty reception from land tax discontents at a public forum in the marginal seat of Adelaide this week – but insists it won’t be as bad as “being booed by a thousand people when I was closing down schools” in the 1990s.
The Federal Government’s proposed approach to enshrining religious freedom in law has so far been divisive, but there is a way forward which should produce better policy, writes UniSA law lecturer Sarah Moulds.
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, the Libs oddly attack one of their own supporters for having money as land tax madness intensifies.
As Premier Steven Marshall stood before the media scrum at West Lakes this morning, flanked by an effusive property development heavyweight, a few hundred metres down the road the archetypal ‘mum and dad’ investor was sitting down with his spreadsheets to muddle through his looming land tax impost.
UPDATED | The Marshall Government will seek to avert a showdown with the top end of town and a backbench rebellion with an immediate reduction in the state’s top land tax rate, from 3.7 to 2.4 per cent – but it won’t ditch its push to close the contentious aggregation “loophole”.
Premier Steven Marshall will face party-room opposition on two fronts tonight with his policy positions on both mining and land tax set to ignite debate at a meeting of Liberal MPs.
Economic data paints a gloomy picture, but Premier Steven Marshall is doggedly turning the frown upside down, writes Tom Richardson.
Thousands of dole recipients could soon be tested for drugs, with those found positive shunted onto cashless welfare cards and into counselling sessions.
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“A conservative Right hijack of the SA Liberal Party may be fuelled by recent State Government decisions – but it’s been a long time coming, writes Tom Richardson.
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One of the state Liberal Party’s most senior officials could be the first victim of a factional takeover by the conservative Right, which has assumed control of the party’s governing body for the first time since the Nick Minchin era.
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“Fear of the unknown” amid ongoing uncertainty about the Marshall Government’s looming land tax shakeup is strangling the property market, the sector says, as Treasurer Rob Lucas concedes even his best-case compromise scenario would not be “nationally competitive”.
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A free legal service for disadvantaged South Australians forced to represent themselves in serious civil law matters – which helps save hundreds of thousands of dollars in court costs each year – will close after the State Government axed the funding for its not-for-profit provider.
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Labor’s car parking policy is yet another example of Adelaide’s insistence on a completely counter-productive approach to managing traffic, argues David Washington.
A prominent member of the Premier’s hand-picked economic advisory council believes the Marshall Government’s land tax aggregation windfall will be “well north” of its budgeted $40 million, as an outgoing member of the Renewal SA board warns the cash grab will “devastate” the local property market.
Spouses and partners who jointly hold investment properties could face higher land tax bills under the Marshall Government’s controversial aggregation reforms – and one of its own ministers could be burned by the changes.
UPDATED: The Federal Government has reignited the “dole bludger” stereotype amid debate about the adequacy of unemployment benefits, releasing figures showing a majority have payments suspended because they miss appointments.
The Marshall Government has finally parted ways with Renewal SA chief executive John Hanlon, ten months after he went on leave without public explanation.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says his own struggles to make ends meet on a $200,000-plus parliamentary salary inspired him to break ranks and call for a rise in welfare payments for job-seekers.
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Rents could rise for small businesses as a result of proposed land tax changes, Treasurer Rob Lucas has conceded, as the Marshall Government faced another day of backlash over the contentious budget saving and the Liberal Party was forced into an embarrassing apology.
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An independent inquiry into water pricing in South Australia has found the former Labor state government over-valued SA Water assets by at least $520 million, driving up household and business water bills in order to increase government revenue.
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