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Small and medium businesses will play a critical role in returning the South Australian economy to good health if ambitious growth targets flagged by the State Government in last week’s big-spending budget are to be met.
Opinion
The state budget’s billions for the South Road upgrade represents another lost opportunity to invest in public transport and get more cars off the streets, argues Craig Wilkins.
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Residents affected by construction of the state’s biggest infrastructure project will remain in the dark about the future of their properties until at least the middle of next year, with the Marshall Government still several months away from delivering a detailed business plan for the $8.9 billion South Road project.
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.
