{"id":46358,"date":"2020-10-26T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=46358"},"modified":"2020-10-26T12:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:25:16","slug":"state-debt-to-hit-30-billion-says-treasurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/state-debt-to-hit-30-billion-says-treasurer\/","title":{"rendered":"State Debt To Hit $30 BILLION, Says Treasurer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SA Treasurer Rob Lucas says the bottom line has been \u201csmashed\u201d by coronavirus as he prepares the state budget.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEAA\/videos\/1246933065690247\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Lucas told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Monday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe deficit is going to be for this year at least a couple of billion dollars. Our state debt is going to increase to at least $30 billion. We\u2019re talking very big numbers as a result of coronavirus. In terms of the future, we\u2019ll be outlining in two-weeks\u2019 time in the budget what we hope is a road to recovery over the next four years\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s the inevitable consequence of coronavirus. We have to do everything we can to try and save as many jobs and save as many businesses as we can as a state. All governments &#8211; Labor and Liberal, state and federal &#8211; are having to do it, so it\u2019s not your personal preference, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s not the preference of many of your listeners\u2026 but that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to have to do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-and-will-podcast-26-october-2020\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"David and Will Podcast - 26 October 2020-\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA Treasurer Rob Lucas says the bottom line has been \u201csmashed\u201d by coronavirus as he prepares the state budget. Mr Lucas told FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David &amp; Will on Monday: \u201cThe deficit is going to be for this year at least a couple of billion dollars. 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