South Australian (SA) Treasurer Rob Lucas has called Labor’s policies in the lead-up to the March election a “reckless spending spree”, saying SA families and businesses would end up paying for it. According to Lucas, Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas has refused to disclose how he will pay for all the promises, which Lucas says have now come to $3 billion, warning that Labor’s “unprecedented level of spending is now the single biggest risk to our state’s finances and our economic recovery as we emerge from the global pandemic.” Among the Labor pledges on Lucas’s list is $945 million on health—primarily to fix the ambulance ramping crisis— $593 on a hydrogen plant, $400 million on universal preschool for 3-year-old, $300 million to remove land tax aggregation; $205 million on five technical colleges, and free rapid antigen tests (RATs), which is uncosted, but believed to be in the hundreds of millions. “SA families …
South Australian Treasurer Says Labor Promises Billions And Taxpayers Will Foot Bill
March 1, 2022
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