South Australia's Opposition wants to introduce new legislation to crack down on ticket scalping for major events in Adelaide, which could see organisations that use "ticket-bot" software fined up to $100,000.
Under current laws, the Government needs to declare a sporting match or concert a major event before scalping penalties can apply.
Liberal frontbencher Corey Wingard said a growing number of organisations were using the ticket-bot system, which allows them to buy a large number of tickets for big events and then re-sell them at inflated prices.
He said consumers needed better protections and the fines should apply for all big events.
"It should be fair and reasonable that families can go to big events here in South Australia without paying exorbitant prices," Mr Wingard said.
"We would put the fines up excessively and we think that's the right way to go, we will fine companies to prevent this from happening."
He said the legislation would target companies that used software to bulk buy event tickets.
"We want to stop this ticket-bot system, the computer system that organisations are using which is taking a lot of tickets out of the system and preventing families from going to big events or paying exorbitant prices if they want to get a ticket," he said.
"The Weatherill Labor Government has failed to protect South Australians from this growing practice of ticket scalping."
Government downplays scalping issue
In August, the State Government bowed to pressure and reclassified the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football finals as "major events" after tickets were being resold at hugely inflated prices.
The move only came after Liberal spokesman Tim Whetstone urged it to happen.
At the time, Sport Minister Leon Bignell downplayed the problem of scalping, suggesting it was not as serious as was being reported.
"Anyone who wants to pay more than they should be paying is just crazy," he said.
"These images that people have of someone coming in and trying to stand out the front and sell a ticket for $500 don't actually match up with reality."
The Greens accused the minister of not taking the issue seriously.
New South Wales introduced legislation in October making ticket bots illegal.
