Response to the 2010-11 State Budget

Last week Treasurer Kevin Foley handed down his ninth state budget- it was a reflection of a Government characterised by economic mismanagement.South Australians are paying a very high price for eight years of Labor. We now have higher debt, higher taxes, less services and huge public sector job losses.This Labor Government stands condemned for misleading the South Australian people at the rec... ...Read more

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Liberals will move to protect Arkaroola

  The State Liberal Party has decided that it will reject any proposal by the Government, now or in the future, to water down the Environment Zone A Protection that protects Arkaroola.In its “Seeking a Balance” Report of late 2009 the Government suggested renouncing the Zone A Protection over the area of Arkaroola which is subject to the exploration licence of Marathon Resources. Renouncing... ...Read more

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Water Wasted

  Last month Adelaide received 115.2mm of rain- almost the double the long-term average of 67.1mm. This was our second wettest August on record.Over the next 24 hours Adelaide is expecting more than 40ml of rain- enough stormwater to supply households for 103 days. On the news last night it was reported that this will be South Australia’s biggest “rain event” in a decade.The Bureau of Met... ...Read more

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2010 Federal Election- Your Democratic Right

This Saturday August 21st, Australians will go to the polls to vote on the federal election. It will be the second time this year that South Australians have had the opportunity to exercise their democratic right to vote.Unfortunately at the state election on March 20th the South Australian Liberal Party was unable to form Government despite getting 51 per cent of the vote. In an election fought... ...Read more

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Could Hindley St be made safer?

  Recently I took a couple of hours on a Friday night to walk up and down Hindley St – Adelaide’s entertainment strip quite often makes the headlines for the wrong reasons so I wanted to have a look at it myself. I took our Police spokesperson David Ridgway with me and we were accompanied by a police officer who is based at the Hindley St station. Hindley St has been the scene of some horribl... ...Read more

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