Tag: waste

• Data shows 118 ‘excess employees’ worked in the public sector last financial year – the highest annual figure in a decade.

  Jan 12

  From The Advertiser 12/01/25 SA taxpayers are shelling out millions of dollars for public servants to sit in a government workforce “waiting lounge”, an official report reveals. South Australian taxpayers… more ›

• Labor’s hydrogen hopes and dreams revealed as just another hydrogen hoax. 

  Oct 20

   Peter Malinauskas’ hydrogen hopes and dreams are in tatters today, as a new State Government tender reveals the truth about his hydrogen hoax.  The Office of Hydrogen Power has put… more ›

• ‘A waste’: New $44m SA curriculum blasted.

  Oct 8

  From The Advertiser 8/10/24 South Australia is spending $44m to adapt the national school curriculum for our state – and a former education minister says it’s a waste of money.… more ›

• Skills SA sent to Education Department then back again for more than $360,000.

  Oct 6

  From The Advertiser 6/10/24 Taxpayers paying to shift a government agency in, out and back into a department has been likened to the comedy show Utopia. Taxpayers paid more than… more ›

• Labor gambling on hydrogen.

  Oct 4

  Premier Peter Malinauskas is being challenged over whether hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars will be squandered on “a hydrogen vanity project” at Whyalla after major energy firms abandoned the… more ›

• Government must reveal full extent of Whyalla steelworks problems.

  Sep 24

  The Opposition has today probed the Government to understand the true extent of the viability of the Whyalla Steelworks. In a shocking admission by the Treasurer, GFG Alliance has been… more ›

• Labor’s $600m Hydrogen Plant Dream Likely to Become Cost-Blowout Nightmare.

  Sep 16

  Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Vincent Tarzia, MP today warned if the Labor Government pushes ahead with its shaky Hydrogen Power project, all South Australians will pay the price.… more ›

• $1.9m on an ad campaign.

  Sep 16

  On Sunday the Malinauskas Government spin machine released its latest taxpayer funded big budget blockbuster.  “Building a bigger health system” a $1.9 million campaign to tell South Australians what a… more ›

• Labor Wastes Millions to Sell Their Failing Government.

  Sep 11

  The Malinauskas Labor Government has today opposed a bill for crucial transparency in the Legislative Council, choosing to protect their reckless spending on Government advertising rather than deliver accountability for… more ›

• Second FOI reveals first-term MP Olivia Savvas spent nearly $3000 on personalised teddy bears

  Aug 6

  From The Advertiser August 6, 2023 First-term MP Olivia Savvas charged taxpayers nearly $3000 for teddy bears – double the amount that was first reported earlier this year. First-term MP… more ›