Veterans’ Affairs – Proposed Macquarie Point Stadium
As you know, our veterans can have a whole range of challenges, including depression and anxiety, homelessness or insecure housing.
As you know, our veterans can have a whole range of challenges, including depression and anxiety, homelessness or insecure housing.
Perhaps as a foundational question, can we establish how much the Department of State Growth has spent on consultancy reports since January last year.
The majority of Tasmanians are concerned that we have signed a dud deal and we want to find out what advice was given by Treasury to you as Treasurer.
There was very little but the usual Liberal stadium cheerleading and obfuscation at today’s Estimates hearings.
Have you had any information or concerns raised with you by the TSO about the potential noise impacts of the Macquarie Point stadium should it ever be built?
On another issue, were you, as a member of Cabinet, briefed on the AFL deal and the stadium ahead of the signing and the announcement?
I am finding it quite hard to believe that your agencies, particularly Treasury and the Department of State Growth, did not provide minutes and briefing notes.
The Liberals have handed down a Budget that only grudgingly lifts a pinky finger for Tasmanians in need.
We did not hear from Mr Street the argument for why it needed to be amended in this way.
The Premier must commit to amending the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 to give Parliament the final say on the Macquarie Point stadium.