Deputy Speaker, I rise to speak this evening about the current budget submission process the government is conducting for the 2026-27 Budget.
I want to put on the record the Greens' concerns around the funding allocations in here for the House and the needs of the House.
Tonight, I wish to use this budget reply to paint a picture of what this budget lacks, point to missed opportunities and elaborate on what a budget should provide and for whom.
This budget is a political choice to put corporate profits and interests ahead of people and the planet. Meaningful budget repair has been kicked down the pothole‑riddled road.
As a number of members have mentioned, Treasury's Pre-Election Financial Outlook was frank and unequivocal: 'Immediate and sustained action is needed.'
I have to confess to describing the Budget and this government's approach with f-words; fantasy, fairytale, fanciful, and I'd go so far as to say fraudulent and false.
This is called an interim budget, but really, it's an incomplete and ill‑conceived budget that has more holes in it than substance.
As representatives of our communities, the central question we all need to ask is what would a good government do for Tasmanians in this Budget?
We know as the Leader of the Opposition and members of the opposition have raised time and time again, and they remind us, that this has been the state's major infrastructure stuff
Viewed rationally through the lens of global heating, your government's interim budget is a man-made disaster for this island and its people.