Maywald Delays Water For Political Gain

  The Rann Government’s Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald has been caught out cynically playing with the livelihoods of Riverland irrigators for her own political gain.   The Minister has known for more than four weeks that South Australia had an extra 40 gigalitres of water because of a miscalculation in South Australia’s entitlement from previous years, after both NSW and Victori... ...Read more

WorkCover Kicks Small Business in the Guts Again

  If it’s not bad enough that South Australian small businesses have to put up with the worst workers’ compensation scheme in Australia, they are now getting another kick in the guts from WorkCover, through the abolition of the ‘bonus/penalty scheme’.   WorkCover have announced the abolition of the ‘bonus/penalty scheme’ from July this year but have not announced what will replace it- if... ...Read more

Apparently Minister Caica didn’t get the memo!

The Liberals have caught the Agriculture Minister Paul Caica out – one minute criticising the Liberals’ $10 million commitment to the Riverland as vote buying and the next spruiking his government’s $20 million election sweetener. Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond said either Paul Caica had been left out of the loop and was unaware he was making the Rann Government’s announcement today or he was ta... ...Read more