EXCLUSIVE: Adelaide-based fashion company Australian Fashion Labels, which employs 57 staff and opened a flagship Los Angeles storefront with the help of a multimillion-dollar State Government guarantee, has gone into voluntary administration, with the Treasurer now warning that some taxpayer funds are “at risk”.
A controversial tax on electric cars announced in yesterday’s State Budget might go flat before hitting the road, with the Opposition reserving the right to block the required legislation and crossbench MPs labelling it premature.
A state MP has accused the Marshall Government of turning a blind eye to “extraordinarily unacceptable” and “systemic” workplace harassment in Parliament, after Treasurer Rob Lucas questioned the $150,000 cost of an overdue inquiry into the issue.
Adelaide City Council has asked the state and federal governments to contribute over $40 million towards the cost of building a new aquatic centre in the city or North Adelaide in the hope taxpayers can foot the bulk of the bill.