Despite assurances that essential services wouldn’t be cut to pay for the stadium, in Parliament the Premier refused to rule out reducing Homes Tasmania’s borrowings. It throws a question over its ability to build the homes that vulnerable Tasmanians need.
To get Legislative Councillor Dean Harriss’ vote, the Premier committed to reducing future borrowings of government companies by $500 million, to make up for $490.7 million of the government borrowings needed to fund the stadium.
The Premier has long said the essential services Tasmanians rely on won’t be sacrificed to pay for the stadium – while at the same time committing to cut the very public service jobs that provide those services.
Now, it’s clear that the Premier is putting even more of the services Tasmania’s government businesses provide on the stadium chopping block. The Premier refused in Parliament to rule out reducing Homes Tasmania’s borrowings in future years to fund the stadium.
Tasmanians know by now they can’t take the Premier for his word. On the stadium costs, he’s consistently been dishonest with the public.
The Liberals are prioritising a roofed stadium ahead of Tasmanians unable to put a roof over their heads. With so many Tasmanians struggling to find an affordable and safe place to call home, the Liberals priorities are all wrong.
