Premier Still Defending Dishonest Adam Brooks
It is now six days since the former mining minister told four distinct lies to the Estimates committee.
It is now six days since the former mining minister told four distinct lies to the Estimates committee.
Last year the Premier stood by the Energy minister, Matthew Groom, when he knowingly mislead Parliament. Last week it was Mr Brooks.
Anyone who was in the committee or watched the footage knows the former minister told a series of four deliberate untruths to the Parliament.
Why did the Premier appoint Mr Brooks to the mining portfolio given his private company's link to the industry?
Launceston's crumbling water and sewerage infrastructure has not been allocated funds in this year's Budget.
The Treasurer refused to admit that he is trying to deceive Tasmanians into believing he has delivered a surplus when in fact he has not.
By both the Auditor-General's and Treasury's best measure the state will be in deficit by $94.2 million - not back in the black but in the red.
The evidence shows pill testing will keep our young people safe from harmful drugs and it has the support of the Police Association.
Tthe Budget papers show more than $6 million cut from an already underfunded Parks and Wildlife Service across the forward Estimates.
The last survey of rural confidence found that Tasmanian farmers are feeling flat about the year ahead.