If you are homeless, sick, have children in public schools, or care about the environment and action on climate change, the Budget has let you down.
GST is intended to be invested in service delivery - a recurrent expense to Government.
The Government has taken a sledgehammer to essential services, sacking an estimated 1,200 public sector workers this financial year.
The 2015-16 Tasmanian Economic Outlook report emphasises the urgent need for the government to look outside the box.
The release of the Revised Estimates Report 2014-15 was a missed opportunity for the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein.
The hallmarks of the Hodgman government’ first parliamentary period following the election is a return to the bad old days of community division.
Cuts to 224 staff from the Department of Health and Human Services will lead to a decline in the quality and availability of services.
The Hodgman government has no good reason to reject the public sector unions’ two-prong savings strategy.
The State Budget Estimates Committee hearings need to be reviewed to ensure their vital accountability role is not subverted by the government of the day.
Budget Estimates Committee hearings descended into farce today when the Treasurer refused to detail where 700 identified public sector cuts will come from.
