Labor stands for jobs and we recognise the tourism and hospitality industry has been badly let down by the failures with the new Spirits project. The delays are costing the industry $500 million a year.
It has taken two months for the Liberals to finally back in Labor's calls for additional day sailings on the existing Spirits. TT-Line needs to make these bookings available as quickly as possible to deal with the huge number of people unable to book.
But Premier Rockliff needs to answer one critical question: where on earth is the money coming from for all the other promises? Already since the worst budget in living memory, the Premier has racked up hundreds of millions in new spending.
His minority government has wrecked the budget and taken Tasmania from having zero net debt to record debt and the worst finances in the nation.
The State Budget only passed Parliament on Tuesday. The Liberals have become so irresponsible with money that they couldn't even stick to their budget for 48 hours!
There's no doubt the tourism industry is hurting, and the failures with the new Spirits have come at a huge cost. But Jeremy Rockliff needs to explain how all this new spending will be paid for.
Josh Willie MP
Shadow Treasurer
