Two tunnels along a 10-kilometre stretch of South Road will see the state’s biggest transport infrastructure headache solved within a decade, at a cost of at least $8.9 billion – the centrepiece of the Marshall Government’s plan to spend the state out of a COVID-induced crisis.
Here’s our easy-to-digest summary of the key measures in today’s State Budget – from big-spending infrastructure projects and pandemic-induced stimulus measures, to some stings in Treasurer Rob Lucas’s financial fine-print.
Tomorrow’s state budget could be “the most important in South Australia’s history”, Treasurer Rob Lucas says, as he declares stimulus spending must stop within two years to avoid an economic disaster.