How SA Labor's State Bank Tax is strangling business growth in our state

It's been a big few days in SA Parliament with the latest budget up for debate. Transforming Health, ramping at Flinders Medical Centre, downgrading services at Noarlunga and closing the Repat were on the agenda. 

Child protection and the fiasco at Oakden Senior Mental Health facility were hot topics along with long conversations about South Australia's economic and unemployment woes. 30 months as the state with the highest unemployment in the nation is a fact that has been hurting our state for too long. 

Attention also turned to the State Bank Tax. 

What we've seen in South Australia is a State Labor Government addicted to taxing South Australians at every turn. First it was the doubling of the ESL hitting families across the state. Now the Weatherill Labor Government is aiming to take more money from every South Australian with a bank account, a mortgage, those who use eftpos or have superannuation. If you deal with a bank Premier Weatherill wants you to pay.

This mentality from the Premier and Treasurer Koutsantonis is strangling anyone who is wanting to "have a go", "start a business" or "invest in our state". It has dragged South Australia down for far too long. 

If you ask people in your local community (and I do regularly) 

How is our state going? The answer is always "poorly". 

 his taxing mentality has hurt our state and made us a laughing stock. That's the economic environment State Labor have created and it must end. 

South Australians have paid enough and South Australians have had enough. This taxing mentality of our Premier and Treasurer has dragged South Australia to the bottom of the state rankings on so many levels. It has driven businesses and our bright young people out of our state. 

We have to put South Australians first and we have to create an environment that will generate opportunity. That is what the Marshall Liberal team is focused on doing and our polices are outlined in my speech and in more detail at www.marshall2036.com.au. 

Read my entire speech here for more detail.