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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]