This minister has lost the confidence and the faith, not only of the Greens, he has lost the confidence and the faith of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
I am sure that until the House is able to fully test confidence in this minister, this issue and this question will not go away.
Yet again, we have the Government giving cover by refusing to allow this debate to proceed beyond the seeking of leave.
The House has no confidence in the Premier for the following reason: he has failed to sack his incompetent Minister for Racing.
It seems pretty clear that Ms Ogilvie was informed by the Tasracing chair on 1 July of the decision to terminate Mr Eriksson's contract.
It is a tragedy that we are standing here having this discussion today.
Mr Shelton has demonstrated a failure to avoid a conflict of interest over $400 000 in state funds, to advance a personal project in his home town of Bracknell.
Going through this motion with a level of, I have to say, discomfort, after the briefing I went through it clause by clause.
The minister has misled the House over a serious matter of fairness and reasonableness in his portfolio.
The evidence of the past five years has persuaded me that this minister is not able to appreciate and to act in consultation with his hard-working staff.