SA: SA premier declares war on the global financial crisis

AAP General News (Australia)
02-05-2009
SA: SA premier declares war on the global financial crisis

ADELAIDE, Feb 5 AAP - South Australian Premier Mike Rann will meet business leaders
and school principals to ensure no delays in projects flowing from the federal government's
$42 billion stimulus package.

After Thursday's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra, Mr Rann
said tackling the global financial crisis must be viewed as the economic equivalent of
wartime.

"It's a war we have to win to save Australian jobs," he said.

South Australia would appoint a coordinator-general, with special powers, to …