{"id":30889,"date":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/tom-koutsantonis-says-unemployment-is-the-state-s-burning-issue\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"tom-koutsantonis-says-unemployment-is-the-state-s-burning-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/tom-koutsantonis-says-unemployment-is-the-state-s-burning-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s jobs, stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>After delivering his budget on Thursday, Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis says unemployment is the state\u2019s burning issue and creating jobs is the only question politicians should worry about.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe burning platform that we are standing on is: will South Australians continue to have work?\u201d Mr Koutsantonis told FIVEAA breakfast on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the only question that every politician should be asking themselves: what can we do to create jobs in this state?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJobs is everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t got work cost of living pressures are multiplied. If you are working you can deal with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO TOM KOUTSANTONIS:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/272651865&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201c6.9 per cent unemployment is unacceptable,\u201d Koutsantonis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder no metric can anyone say this is a good number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to do everything I can to get this number down, and that means now is not the time to be getting rid of frontline public servants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd quite frankly, we\u2019ve done such a good job of reducing the public service, any now hit to the public service is on frontline services. We just can\u2019t afford to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s budget included a cap on public sector wage increases at 1.5 per cent per year over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not asking the public service to take a pay cut,\u201d Koutsantonis said. \u201cWhat I\u2019m saying is I\u2019m asking for restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1.5 per cent per year is double inflation. That\u2019s real wages growth. I\u2019m not locking it in forever. I need a little bit of assistance to make sure the state finances are appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to see a large reduction in public service numbers, but what I do want to see is representative growth that\u2019s represented in the private sector as well. That\u2019s what I\u2019m asking for.<\/p>\n<p>Koutsantonis compared public sector wages with those in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to embarrass any large corporation but there are some large iconic South Australian companies \u2013 our largest employers in this state \u2013 that are offering wage decreases.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR RIGHT NOW<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/no-harm-in-crows-speaking-with-tyrone-vickery-says-matthew-lloyd\"><strong>\u201cNO HARM\u201d IN CROWS TALKING TO VICKERY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/police-commissioner-sympathises-with-female-employees\"><strong>POLICE COMMISSIONER RESPONDS TO CRITICISM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After delivering his budget on Thursday, Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis says unemployment is the state\u2019s burning issue and creating jobs is the only question politicians should worry about. \u201cThe burning platform that we are standing on is: will South Australians continue to have work?\u201d Mr Koutsantonis told FIVEAA breakfast on Friday. \u201cThat is the only question [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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