The situation at Bell Bay Aluminium is very serious. It is placing 550 jobs at risk, and we know that it has implications more broadly that will flow on throughout Bass ...
Yesterday in Question Time the Premier confirmed 2500 public service jobs will be cut to pay for the stadium.
Jobs are diminishing in regional areas. The quality of the jobs and the sustainability of the jobs is diminishing. That is not what a sustainable industry looks like.
The Tasmanian Planning Commission has been crystal clear. Any economic benefits of the stadium are far and away outweighed by the disbenefits.
Today the Greens have announced that in balance of power we will fight to make sure there are no cuts to the public service workforce.
We have talked in this MPI already about the situation at Liberty Bell Bay and the importance of Liberty Bell Bay for the regional jobs in Bass.
The Whyalla steelworks being put into administration by the South Australian Government raises questions for Tasmania’s Liberty Bell Bay facility, also owned by the GFG Alliance.
The Greens welcome the Minister for Energy’s decision to pause TasNetworks’ tender process to find a single contractor for its transmission and distribution network.
TasNetworks’ move to tender for a single contractor for its transmission and distribution network raises concerns about privatisation, local job losses and transparency
This National Skills Week, the Tasmanian Greens are calling on the Rockliff Government to prioritise investment in training opportunities in future industry jobs.
