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Building and Construction (Regulatory Reform Amendments) Bill 2020Some stakeholders in the sector that they do not feel they had the sort of consultation they would have liked on the changes in this bill. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 3 Jun 2020 |
Housing Quarterly Report Shows Need for a Housing Led RecoveryThe Gutwein Government is making some inroads in to the critical housing supply shortage but progress remains too slow. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 29 May 2020 |
Bridgewater Bridge Cost MadnessTo spend more than half a billion dollars on an over-engineered replacement for the Bridgewater Bridge would be a reckless misuse of taxpayer funds. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 29 Feb 2020 |
Public Works Committee Amendment Bill 2019If there ever was an argument for restoring the numbers in the House of Assembly it is this legislation which has clearly come about for two reasons. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 12 Sep 2019 |
Regional InfrastructureThere is a sickness and a rot at the core of the Labor Party federally, and in Tasmania. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 3 Sep 2019 |
Estimates Reply - Deputy PremierI wanted to talk about the growing congestion problem we have in and around Hobart. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 12 Jun 2019 |
RACT Mobility Vision Key to Prosperous Hobart FutureThe RACT is to be commended for delivering a strategic vision to ensure Hobart is Australia’s most liveable city over the next three decades. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 12 Apr 2019 |
Liberals Abandon Light RailThe Tasmanian Government's submission to Infrastructure Australia details their infrastructure priorities and road construction features very heavily. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Sep 2018 |
Train Not Coming Under LiberalsNorthern Suburbs Light Rail appears to be off the agenda under the Liberals, with it failing to rate a mention in the priority infrastructure report. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Sep 2018 |
Labor Refuses to Rule Out Privatising TasNetworksThis morning on ABC Radio, Labor’s Michelle O’Byrne refused to take the sale of TasNetworks ‘off the table’, in a short-sighted attempt to fund possible election commitments. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 5 Dec 2017 |
Liberals Ignore Councils on TasWaterToday’s Local Government Association of Tasmania meeting on the government takeover of TasWater was a forgone conclusion. The Liberal Government’s mind was already made up. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 11 May 2017 |
No Funds for Launceston Stormwater and Sewerage in Federal BudgetThe Federal Budget included significant infrastructure funding, with billions of dollars committed for works around the country - but not Tasmania. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 10 May 2017 |
Greens Release Policy Initiative for Grassroots Led Regional DevelopmentThe Tasmanian Greens today launched a policy initiative that will give communities in regional Tasmania the tools, support and funding they need to deliver economic resilience and prosperity. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 5 May 2017 |
Tasmanians Paying for Liberals' War On CouncilsThe Liberals' relentless war on councils risks local service delivery and increases in rates for Tasmanians. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 25 Aug 2016 |
Gutwein's Water and Sewerage MessThe Treasurer and Member for Bass, Peter Gutwein, again refused to take responsibility for Launceston's ailing water and sewerage infrastructure. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 2 Jun 2016 |
Greens Deliver for Northern TasmaniaBudgets are about values and priorities. Liberal backbencher Sarah Courtney MP's claims that Greens have forgotten northern Tasmania in our Alternative Budget is rubbish. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 1 Jun 2016 |
State Budget 2016: Dishonest Liberal Government Budget Lacks Vision and CourageThe Hodgman Liberal Government’s 2016/17 Budget lacks courage and a vision for the future. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 31 May 2016 |
Ignoring Launceston's Infrastructure StinksLaunceston’s aging infrastructure has been abandoned by another Treasurer. Bass' own Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, has ignored Launceston in the State Budget. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 27 May 2016 |
Federal Budget 2016: No Money for Infrastructure to Support Tourism GrowthAfter years of industry leg work, Tasmania is finally seeing a tourism boom, attaining the biggest growth in international visitors and expenditure of any other State or territory. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 5 May 2016 |
Federal Budget 2016: Northern Tasmania Shortchanged on InfrastructureAs expected, the 2016 Federal Coalition Budget contains nothing for Tasmania, with Launceston missing out significantly in badly needed infrastructure funding. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 4 May 2016 |
Federal Budget 2016: Liberal Government Lacks Vision on InfrastructureCondemns the Hodgman Liberal Government for not pursuing important opportunities for Tasmania, their failure to secure new infrastructure dollars and for their lack of vision. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 4 May 2016 |
Federal Budget Duds TasmaniansThe first Turnbull Budget has left the vast majority of Tasmanians out in the cold. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 4 May 2016 |
Premier's Failure in Canberra Sees Tasmania Left Off the Budget MapThere was nothing in the Federal Budget for Tasmania's education system, no extra funding for years 5 and 6 of Gonski. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 4 May 2016 |
Call for Government to Roll Out Virtual Fencing to Reduce Wildlife FatalitiesAndrea Dawkins tables a motion calling on the government to develop a fiscal strategy to roll out virtual fencing around the State. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 3 May 2016 |
TrafficTalkfest Not EnoughA Community forum is a good start, but Minister Hidding needs more than a talkfest if he wants a proper fix for Hobart’s traffic chaos. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 Feb 2016 |
Wildlife Crossings Needed to Reduce RoadkillAndrea Dawkins tables a motion calling on the government to undertake assessment of the impact of road deaths on Tasmania’s wildlife as well as a cost analysis of the construction of further fencing solutions and wildlife road crossings. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Aug 2015 |