Pork-Barrelling | Tasmanian Greens MPs

Sep 2024 24

Treasurer – Pork-Barrelling

The Integrity Commission, following the 2021 election, called the kind of process that your party engages in at election time to allocate this funding as 'indirect electoral bribery'. During the election this year, the Director of Public Integrity, Geoffrey Watson SC, rightly called it pork barrelling, fair and square. These are decisions that are made by people inside the Liberal Party. I don't know, and the community doesn't know, what is the criteria? Who's making the decisions?

Sep 2024 19

Pork-Barrelling Ban

By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP

Honourable Speaker, what we have seen in the Budget over the last week is a self-confessed admission by the Liberals that they have spent $1.3 billion of taxpayers money in election commitments, so-called. It is another term for pork-barrelling - pork-promises. It is what the Integrity Commission has called electoral bribery.

Sep 2024 12

Tasmania’s Finances

By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP

I was reminded at the release of the Public Accounts Committee's report this week of the opportunity to reflect again on the Liberal's election shonkiness, and on the dedicated work of the Greens, journalists and others in the community, who are doing everything we can to uncover the appalling approach they took to pork‑barrelling during the 2021 election.

Jun 2023 21

Estimates Reply – Street

By Cassy O'Connor MLC

Of course the community sector provides essential services in the same way depended on by Tasmanians as does, for example, the health system.

Jun 2023 20

Estimates Reply – Ferguson

By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP

Gaslit, I think, Chair, is the umbrella summary term that you use for Mr Ferguson's behaviour

Jun 2023 7

Sport and Recreation – Local Communities’ Facilities Fund

By Cassy O'Connor MLC

Last year in this place and subsequently in parliament, the Local Communities' Facilities Fund was discussed in detail.

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Jun 2023 6

Treasurer – Local Communities Facilities Fund

By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP

During the 2021 election campaign the then Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, released a media statement on 29 April 2021 about the Liberals' financial polic

Mar 2023 2

Bracknell Hall Funding – Actions of Mr Mark Shelton MP

By Cassy O'Connor MLC

Premier, so we are really clear, do you agree with your Treasurer, who said yesterday that Mr Shelton has done, and I quote, 'Nothing wrong'.

Mar 2023 1

Mr Shelton Privileges Committee referral

By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP

It is reasonable to ask if the member for Lyons had some privileged access to official information about the Local Communities Facilities Fund budget.

Mar 2023 1

Mr Shelton Privileges Committee referral

By Cassy O'Connor MLC

Mr Shelton allowed his personal interest to override the public interest to secure funding for Bracknell Hall.