July 2023
Steven Marshall’s PwC snub could have cost more than the Games
PwC did all it could to convince South Australia to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It didn’t work, but neither did Steven Marshall’s re-election campaign.
- Myriam Robin
January 2022
Axing GST for rapid tests a ‘secondary issue’: states
South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland and the ACT back ending GST on rapid tests but some want assurances price gouging won’t remain a problem.
- Finbar O'Mallon
December 2021
SA Budget deficit blows out with COVID health spending
Treasurer Rob Lucas says the booming property market has helped the state budget stay in reasonable shape as an election looms.
- Simon Evans
July 2021
SA lockdown puts the squeeze on business
Sidewood Estate, a popular Adelaide Hills winery and restaurant, will watch $200,000 go down the drain.
- Simon Evans
June 2021
SA budget winners and losers
The winners from the South Australian budget outweigh the losers by a big margin as spending on health, education and infrastructure is ramped up.
- Simon Evans
SA Treasurer says growth to hit 3.5pc in 2021-22
Rob Lucas says debt in South Australia is projected to be $33.6 billion in 2024-25, but there is a return to a small surplus earmarked for 2022-23.
- Simon Evans
March 2021
Low-tech tax for high-tech electric cars
A new Victorian distance charge for electric cars will be collected manually, with drivers taking a photo of their odometer and paying by invoices.
- Tom Burton
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States revolt on WA’s $2b GST windfall
State treasurers have collectively voiced their frustration to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over a special deal Scott Morrison cut with Western Australia three years ago.
- John Kehoe
November 2020
Rapid 'ring fence' gives SA hope for short lockdown
Putting 3200 casual contacts into isolation is part of a strategy that has worked before in SA, as anger rises over medi-hotel failings.
- Simon Evans
Electric vehicle taxes expected across Australia
South Australia's move to tax electric vehicle users for each kilometre they drive has caught many in the industry off-guard.
- Mark Ludlow
SA budget winners and losers
Electric vehicle owners in SA will pay a road user charge from mid-2021 and tradies will be busy with an $850m injection into maintenance and upgrade spending.
- Simon Evans
Electric car owners to pay road user charges in SA from 2021
SA will be the first state to make electric vehicle owners pay their way, as the Treasurer unveiled a big-spending 'high-vis' budget in which debt will rise to $33 billion.
- Simon Evans
June 2020
How Jeff Kennett helped save the GST
Rob Lucas, the last political survivor of the GST era, said "it was Kennett and Stockdale who got it through".
- Phillip Coorey
May 2020
Big states push for reform on taxes
The future of the national cabinet is to be considered as states push for an overhaul of federal-state relations.
- Tom Burton
December 2019
Labor's income tax call fiscally irresponsible: Cormann
The government has effectively accused Labor of wanting to blow the budget by insisting it bring forward the second round of tax cuts.
- Phillip Coorey
Fast-tracked income tax cuts off the table
The downgraded surplus forecasts contained in this week's mid-year budget update have made it highly unlikely the government will bring forward the second stage of the income tax cuts in next year's federal budget, sources say.
- Phillip Coorey
SA budget finishes strongly in the black
Lower GST revenue is leading to smaller than previously forecast budget surpluses.
- Tim Dornin
November 2019
Land tax revamp will capture investor interest, says SA treasurer
The top land tax rate in South Australia will drop to 2.4pc from mid-2020 in line with national averages, and stamp duty has already been scrapped on commercial property deals.
- Simon Evans
October 2019
SA land tax overhaul likely to be blocked
A third overhaul of a controversial land tax package faces a tough battle in the SA parliament and appears to be in trouble.
- Simon Evans
July 2019
SA Treasurer rules out privatisation of SA Water
SA's biggest state-owned asset SA Water will stay in government hands and water bills are set to fall for households and business.
- Simon Evans