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.’
Tasmanians who voted Labor at the last election on the basis of their position on pokies will be wondering what State Labor stands for in 2019.
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.
Labor Leader, Rebecca White, has confirmed her party supports the construction of a cable car on kunanyi/Mt Wellington.
Public resources are being used to enable the private development of a cable car to the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington.