Ms BURNET (Clark) – Honourable Speaker, I will add my comments in relation to the amendment. The amendment is, in many ways, a significant departure from the original motion of no confidence, and yet it is not. A no-confidence motion is a very grave motion to consider in any parliament. For this to happen for any ordinary minister is one thing, but we are talking about the Premier and it is even more significant. As someone who trades on his concern for people who are vulnerable, he has previously been health minister, he has been minister for education. He has also been possibly the greatest champion for those with mental health issues when he held the Mental Health portfolio.
This amendment before us from the opposition is a no-confidence motion without limit. The very specific concerns about the walking back from the mandatory pre-commitment card, which the Leader of the Greens has so eloquently provided, has now broadened like a lotus flower to all and sundry. This allows us to think about those things that have been of great concern for this parliament.
We have heard many considerations about things like housing and homelessness. We have talked about TT‑Line and the great ferries debacle, the problem with the quay at Devonport and everything about the ferries. How that has been delivered by this government is of huge concern. It has been a failure, and we have seen this unfurl in the term of this parliament in particular. The stadium is another issue the Premier has considered and has been pushing without due regard to many other things. There are many reasons why we can consider this in a broader context. Do we have confidence as a parliament in the Premier in so many of these things, without just limiting it to the mandatory pre-commitment card?
We can talk about politics, but this is something we know is affecting many people in Tasmania. We know people personally affected every day on issues that we could bundle up together and think about in the context of this amendment. I have talked about TT‑Line and the billion‑dollar-plus stadium, all of the ongoing concerns for the environment and what was revealed in the interrogation of the State of the Environment report once that was tabled. People, businesses, health workers, those people addicted to pokies need us to consider this.
This is such a grave and significant motion. A motion of no confidence is something that is huge for any parliament to consider, particularly for consideration of the Premier. There is a significant amount to consider for this parliament, but we are representing the people who elected us and the Greens support this amendment.
