Subsidies

The Tasmanian Greens today secured an admission from the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, that Forestry Tasmania is operating under a Letter of Comfort from the Crown.

The Hodgman government is under pressure to detail how they are continuing to prop up Forestry Tasmania.

The Hodgman government must detail their Plan B to keep Forestry Tasmania solvent.

Pressure is increasing on the Premier, Will Hodgman, to table the terms and conditions of the government’s loan of $15 million to Kalis Group.

Tasmanian families face paying through increased power bills the Liberal Hodgman government’s decision to still prop up Forestry Tasmania.

It is impossible for the government to remove the contingency fund from Forestry Tasmania by July 1 this year.

The Hodgman government’s failure to vote to require Forestry Tasmania to move to a competitive full-cost recovery business model.

Forestry Tasmania could be required to shift to a full cost-recovery business model should a Greens’ motion be passed by the Lower House.