It’s very disappointing that up to 30 jobs will be lost at the Bell Bay smelter, adding to other job losses across Northern Tasmania, but it is certainly welcome news to see the overwhelming majority of jobs are safe for the long term. I am also grateful that Bell Bay Aluminium has recently made a [...]
Speech to the Parliament in response to the state budget 2012-13
Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – This is a budget brought down by the government that we are now debating, which is about winding Tasmania backwards. Today I was very proud to sit and carefully listen to everything that was said by my leader, Will Hodgman, the Leader of the Opposition, for his address in reply to [...]
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 [...]