Newly minted and disinterested Sport Minister Nic Street has stumbled yet again in his first weeks in the job by inexplicably failing to enter Tasmanian kids in the School Sport Australia national championships. When Mr Street took over responsibility for sport from the scandal-plagued Jane Howlett, he promised his focus …
Yet another report highlighting the depth of Tasmania’s housing crisis is a damning indictment of successive Liberal Governments’ failure to deliver the basics for Tasmanians. The ANZ Core Logic Housing Affordability report released today again showed Hobart has the least affordable rents in the country, with regional Tasmania not far …
The Rockliff-Ferguson Government has failed Tasmanians again with massive water price rises set to put even more pressure on household budgets. At a time when Tasmanians can least afford it, TasWater has quietly announced a massive 3.5 per cent rise in water bills a year for the next four years. That means …
The first test for the Rockliff-Ferguson Government at the ballot-box looks to have been a resounding defeat. The Premier spent much of last week’s Parliament talking up his candidate’s chances in the Huon Legislative Council election, only to perform so badly they are at risk of losing to the Greens. …
Labor will always fight for the rights of all workers to a safe workplace. Labor welcomes the fact that Minister Barnett has finally been forced to abandon his standalone draconian and unconstitutional legislation and instead adopt Labor’s proposed approach of strengthening offences in the Police Offences Act. After six years …
The Premier and Member for Braddon Jeremy Rockliff today failed to rule out the Mooreville Road site for the proposed Burnie Court Complex. Many in the community remain concerned that the government will perform another backflip and push ahead with the Mooreville Road site, despite strong opposition. The government has …
Successive Liberal Governments brought only chaos and upheaval to northern Tasmanian communities and families with Corrections Minister Elise Archer’s incompetent handling of the northern prison project. This is an incompetent Minister who has wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on various northern prison proposals with still no decision on …
Premier Jeremy Rockliff cannot explain how his government will come up with the $750 million to pay for the proposed floating sports stadium in Hobart. The Premier today was unable to explain where the money will come from, despite his predecessor Peter Gutwein saying in March: “We will seek to …
The Rockliff-Ferguson Government is the same old secretive government Tasmanians have unfortunately come to expect from the Liberal Party. Premier Rockliff claims he wants to lead a government with integrity, yet he refuses to address or clear up the scandals in his government. Today in State Parliament he refused to …
Premier Jeremy Rockliff has fallen at his first Question Time hurdle, completely unable to outline the impact of yesterday’s interest rate rise on the economy and the budget. After a 40 day absence from Parliament following the resignation of his predecessor Peter Gutwein, Mr Rockliff was immediately stumped when asked …