Tomorrow each and every Labor member of Parliament will be forced to put on the record whether or not they support the job-destroying forest deal. Each and every Labor member went to the 2010 election campaign promising to extend the Regional Forest Agreement, not rip it up, as Labor have now done – simply because [...]
A Self-Reliant Tasmania – The Five Pillars of Tasmania’s Future Economy.
The Liberals’ vision is for a Tasmania with a growing economy that generates the wealth and prosperity to create jobs and fund essential services like health, education and public safety. A Tasmania where we stand on our own two feet, and where we are not dependent on hand-outs and bail-outs from the rest of the [...]
Running with scissors
Parliament resumes today – and there is much to concern Tasmania’s political representatives because of the pain and anxiety being felt by many families and communities vulnerable to government policies formed out of political expediency. With the impending 3 month temporary shutdown of TEMCO and speculative fears for the future of Pacific Aluminium (aka Comalco) [...]
400 jobs on life support
I have been on the phone this morning to the management of TEMCO, at Bell Bay regarding the bad news of the current shutdown of the manganese smelter. It’s at times like this that a largely unaware public become aware of the importance of heavy industry and manufacturing jobs to our Northern economy and community. [...]
Rio Tinto Bell Bay uncertainty
At a time when the Tasmanian economy is struggling, the forestry industry is being dismantled, thousands of jobs have been lost this year alone and the unstable Green-Labor Government is struggling to hold itself together the news of Rio Tinto’s intention to sell its Bell Bay smelter will unfortunately create even more uncertainty, especially in [...]
