Shadow Treasurer
Shadow Minister for Energy and Mining; Small and Family Business; Industrial Relations and Public Sector
Office
Parliament House
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Contact
(08) 8237 9520
benhood.office@parliament.sa.gov.au
Ben Hood was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in March 2023. He lives in Mount Gambier with his family and is a passionate advocate for regional South Australia, for smaller, less interventionist government and conservative values.
Authorised by B. Hood, Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
State debt heading to $53.7bn and on top of the big build, Labor’s spending $340 million on consultants and contractors. That includes $53,000 for “cultural advice” on a hydrogen plan that fell over.
It’s like having a maxed-out credit card and then hiring someone to do the dishes. That’s Labor’s South Australia.
You can either have a small government that leans on consultants or a big one that doesn’t. Right now, we have both.
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Yesterday the State Budget was handed down. The eye-watering headlines:
🚨 $53.7 billion of debt by 2030
🚨 $6 billion blowout on departmental budgets
🚨 $6 billion of extra revenue taken from you
🚨 $8.5 million for First Nation treaty and reparations not ruled out
🚨 $135 million Business Growth Fund scrapped
🚨 $600 million less for regional SA
🚨 No plan to pay down debt
This is what Labor has passed on for the next generation to inherit.
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Today, the State Budget was handed down, and Labor’s debt addiction continues.
State debt is now projected to hit $53.7 billion by 2030, with taxpayers footing an interest bill of $9.6 million every single day.
At the same time, government departments have racked up $6 billion in budget blowouts since Labor took office in 2022, including $1.289 billion this year alone. 27 out of 28 agencies overspent their budgets.
South Australians deserve better than a government that brings in more money, spends even more. This debt will be with you and your kids long after Peter Malinauskas retires from being CEO of the AFL.
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🚨 South Australia’s debt is heading toward $50 billion by 2029 and Labor has no plan to repay it.
The interest bill alone is climbing toward $3 billion a year. Right now, that’s $5 million every single day — money that doesn’t fund a single nurse, teacher, or metre of road.
And these aren’t our numbers. They’re Labor’s.
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