The toxic by-product of your Government and Labor's cosy, supplicant relationship with the gambling industry is on its way to the Legislative Council.
What this legislation does is embed poker machines and new forms of gambling in pubs and clubs across Tasmania forever.
This bill removes section 16 of the act to eliminate the mandated forest destruction quota of 137 000 cubic metres a year.
It is very distressing to have spent some two days speaking on this bill. This bill has been a really long time coming. It has been years.
I think we all agree that we get better outcomes when people are as involved as possible and able to talk as comfortably as possible.
It seems to be tidying up, and some overdue housekeeping. I respect the fact it is easy to miss these things.
The announcement to enshrine net carbon zero emissions by 2030 is cynical non action on the climate crisis. We already reached that milestone.
It is distressing to think that reviews into the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act indicated as far back as 14 years ago that this was out of date at that point.
The Greens will be supporting the bill but we too have some concerns about how this would be given effect across all those licensed professions.
There are a number of significant changes that improve the operability, particularly of the Land Titles Act.
