I acknowledge the awarding of an Order of Australia medal to Christine Milne, former Tasmanian Greens Leader, Australian Greens Leader, Senator for Tasmania.
The Government finds itself in the midst of an energy crisis, facing soaring costs, electricity rationing, and environmental damage.
Hydro Tasmania’s crash in revenue this financial year can be laid squarely at the feet of the state and federal governments.
The fact that not all risk is sovereign risk and that it is difficult to find a definition which supports its current use in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
The Abbott Liberals have once more revealed they are a bunch of climate Luddites with their woeful 26% emissions reduction target by 2030.
The Hodgman government must rule out lobbying for native forest logging waste and biomass to be included in the Renewable Energy Target.
The Liberals’ so-called energy strategy fails to address carbon price losses or future changes to the Renewable Energy Target.
Blaming solar owners is just a smokescreen and to alter the tariff arrangements for those already connected would be a massive betrayal of trust.
Tasmania should not be further penalised by the Commonwealth should the State Liberals uphold their public commitments to not sell off assets.
The Hodgman regime needs to rethink its warped priorities and put an end to its compulsion to provide corporate welfare payouts.
