After doing their best to deceive the public about how much keeping the Spirits in Scotland will cost, it was finally revealed that Tasmanian taxpayers are paying more than $570,000 per month to hide Spirit IV in Scotland.

In a statement put out by the Government late yesterday afternoon, they revealed that TT-Line is paying $380,000 per month in crew costs while Spirit IV is sitting in Scotland, in addition to the $190,000 per month worth of storage costs already revealed earlier in December.

The Premier has known this cost for a long time, and he tried to sneak it out late on one of the last working days of the year for many Tasmanians. It’s a prime example of why the business community can’t trust this government anymore.

Even after this latest revelation we still don’t know the full costs of hiding the ships in Scotland. How much are the ancillary costs? Power? Fuel? Maintenance? And how much are we spending on broker fees? Not to mention the full-page newspaper ads back in Tasmania trying to spin to story.

It’s time for Jeremy Rockliff’s and his government to tell the truth about how much Tasmanian taxpayers will be spending to cover up his massive stuff-up.

Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader