Clarence City Council’s decision to dismiss Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s unwanted and unnecessary ‘intervention’ on Kangaroo Bay speaks volumes about the growing lack of respect for this Government’s development track-record. As I said yesterday, the last thing that will bring about development at Kangaroo Bay is the Rockliff Liberal Government intervening. …
Madeleine Ogilvie has today refused to take any responsibility in her role as Racing Minister, hiding behind the flimsy pretence of operational processes. Despite Minister Ogilvie’s performance in Parliament today, the only way for her to truly avoid responsibility as Racing Minister is to resign. In December last year, the …
The fact there are 569 homeless children aged 18 or less in Tasmania today is a shocking indictment of the Liberal Government’s failure over nearly a decade to make housing a priority. The figure represents a more than 50 per cent increase in youth homelessness over the past five years, …
The Liberals are today asking Parliament for another $341 million to get them through to the May budget. Despite promising at the last election to deliver a $5.6 million budget surplus this year, the Premier Jeremy Rockliff and his Deputy and Treasurer Michael Ferguson are already $350 million in the …
Guy Barnett has today admitted the Premier’s flagship business energy hardship scheme will only help a fraction of Tasmania’s businesses suffering from significantly higher energy recontracting costs. As a recent report from the Tasmanian Economic Regulator shows, Aurora Energy has approximately 5,000 business customers on market contracts. In many cases …
The centrepiece energy policy of Jeremy Rockliff’s State of the State speech will fail to assist nearly 95 per cent of business customers on market contracts for energy. The Government’s Supplementary Appropriation Bill reveals the Liberals are seeking to appropriate $6 million to fund their energy hardship scheme. If just …
Tasmania’s housing crisis is getting worse after nearly a decade under the Liberals according to new ABS figures released today: Tasmania’s current rate of homelessness has increased by 35 per cent from 31 people per 10,000 in 2011, to 42 per 10,000 people in 2021. This means that in 2021 …
Jeremy Rockliff’s threat to intervene in the failed Chambroad development at Kangaroo Bay is the last thing that will bring about development on the site. Considering the Liberals’ abysmal track record at delivering projects such as the underground bus mall, Mac Point, Northern Suburbs Rail, the fifth lane to Kingston, …
Not even Premier Jeremy Rockliff appears to be able to explain what the government’s energy policy actually is. Their website says they will cap power prices; yet they’ve twice voted against Labor’s Bill to do just that. Meanwhile, as 5,000 Tasmanian businesses on market contracts face a potential tripling of …
The lack of concern for the truth displayed by the Liberals as they double-down on Guy Barnett’s blatant lies about their policy to exit the National Electricity Market (NEM) is an insult to Tasmanians. In Parliament today, both the Energy Minister and Premier again refused to acknowledge what has been …