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
$96m committed in February. Economic benefit report commissioned in September.
The Premier quoted a $200m return before anyone had been hired to calculate one. In business you do the numbers before you spend the money, not after.
Taxpayers deserve better than announcements first, due diligence later.
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$48.6m on government advertising in one year. A record.
Nearly $200 million in four years, telling you the hospitals are fine while ramping breaks records.
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$48.6 million on government advertising in one year. A record. Nearly $200 million in four years.
Ads telling you the hospitals are getting bigger while ramping hits record highs isn’t public information. It’s a bad government using your taxpayer dollars to try and convince you they are a good one.
We went to the election promising to halve the government’s advertising bill.
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