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Jan 15, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
The latest jobs data shows Tasmanians are hurting under a weak minority Liberal Government. More jobs have been lost since Premier Rockliff took his government into minority than were lost during COVID. According to the ABS 8,700 full-time jobs have vanished since the Premier lost control of the Parliament in May 2023, with 1000 of those lost in the last two months alone.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Ambitious Minister Eric Abetz is sharpening his knife in plain sight after Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s latest display of weakness regarding Leonie Hiscutt. Yesterday, one Abetz’s acolytes Brendan Blomeley was damning in his assessment of the Premier. “He’s weak, and he is pathetic, and he needs to go,” Mr Blomeley said. There’s no way he would have been so forthright if Mr Abetz didn’t want him to be.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s desperate response to the criticisms of his leadership coming from all sides of politics confirms just how weak he’s become. Instead of tackling the issue head on, the Premier misleadingly tried to blame Labor for his own brewing internal turmoil. Not once has Labor attacked Leonie Hiscutt’s right to support her son – good luck to them.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Premier Rockliff’s weakness has reached an extraordinary new level after it was revealed he has failed to step in despite his Leader of Government Business, Leonie Hiscutt, openly defying party rules to campaign against the Liberals in the upcoming Montgomery election. According to the Liberal Party’s constitution, Ms Hiscutt’s clear breach means she has automatically ceased to be a member of the party.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
TasCorp revealed in December that a full review of TT-Line’s finances was underway amid rising debt levels brought on by the biggest infrastructure stuff-up in Tasmanian history, the Spirits fiasco. It was also confirmed during Government Business Enterprise hearings that TT-Line had been operating in breach of their debt agreement with TasCorp for more than six months and were on track to exceed their current borrowing limit of $1 billion.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Jeremy Rockliff has staked his leadership on delivering the stadium for $375m, "and not a red cent more". He has made the promise more than 100 times, including in Parliament. An independent report commissioned by his own government found he is set to blow that commitment by at least $400 million. It also found the fact he isn't being honest about the cost blowouts is making the problem worse - just as we've seen with the new Spirits fiasco.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
While the new Spirits of Tasmania remain hidden in Europe, Right to Information documents have shown that Tasmanian taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to deliver local content to Finland. According to TT-Line, the total freight costs for transporting their portion of local goods to Finland are $316,000. That figure doesn’t include any costs incurred by sending Tasmanian workers over to Europe to help with the installation.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
After it was revealed that the Liberal minority government’s $100 million local content commitment is a complete farce, Premier Rockliff needs to come clean and acknowledge that it simply doesn’t pass the pub test. On the same day that Jane Howlett and Eric Abetz dismissed criticism of the local content delivery, TT-Line admitted that engines classified as local content were built in Finland. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Tasmanian Labor welcomes the release of the Final Report of the Independent Investigation of Maternity Services at the Royal Hobart Hospital, and we would like to thank Amanda Singleton and her panel for their work in conducting their investigation. We also thank all the patients and staff who came forward and contributed to the investigation, and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Health & Community Services Union for their advocacy that prompted the investigation to occur.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
taslabor.org.au | J. Moore
Strong educational outcomes are the key to securing Tasmania's economic future, providing young Tasmanians with access to well-paid, safe, and secure jobs. As we move further into 2025, Minister Palmer should commit to immediately releasing the full Independent Review into the Tasmanian Education system. The review’s report and recommendations were supposed to be received by the Government in December 2024. There is no reason to further delay their release.
