I'm just interested in a broad response from the Treasurer to the state about government businesses on what seems to have been - what seems to look like ‑ the consequence of 11 ...
Mr President, as we did in the other place, the Greens will be supporting the Government Business (Sale Reforms) Bill 2025. We certainly welcome this bill.
The amendments we debate and will no doubt pass today are not going to do too much to deal with a culture of - this is not uniform across our government businesses ...
The origins of this bill are from some fundamental failures in governance and oversight of government businesses.
Our GBEs, or at least most of our GBEs, are critical to many people in Tasmania, whether it's because they provide employment or services or products, they are critically ...
You tried to walk and chew gum at the same time and have clearly tripped and choked.
The winner of privatisation is always the company, it is never the people. What we have before us, with the concept of privatisation of both services and assets, is folly.
The Greens do not support privatisation of our GBEs, our state‑owned companies, or indeed, let me just say, the Land Titles Office...
I will concentrate on one particular area of service, transport, in particular public transport. It is an essential service for powering any society.
At the end of the day, Tasmanian people are the shareholders of the GBEs. They must function in the collective interest of Tasmanians and act in our public interest.