Proponents of a private cable car on the publicly owned summit of Kunanyi/Mt Wellington are treating the planning system and people of Hobart with contempt.
The Liberals’ announcement they plan to table major projects legislation has sent ripples of worry through the community.
The Mt Wellington Cableway Company has launched its development application to Hobart City Council.
The 6,000 or more Tasmanians who gathered in protest in the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington last May stand ready to defend the mountain.
It is a complete distortion of fact for Minister Gutwein to claim he wants the divisive kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car to ‘stand on its own two feet.’
The Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council, Leonie Hiscutt MLC, is in political la-la land if she thinks Labor stands for the environment.
The Hodgman Liberals have proven once again they are a government in lock step with big business.
In Parliament today, the Premier refused to rule out further tangible support for the proposed cable car.
That legislation was the Cable Car Facilitation Bill introduced by the Liberals and supported by Labor late last year.
The cable car enabling legislation has the gall to describe the proposed cable car as public infrastructure under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act.