After 11 years of the Liberals, Tasmania is at a crossroads.
This election is a choice between a Labor Government that will give Tasmania a fresh start, or the Liberals who can only offer more of the same.
A Labor Government I lead will end the massive delays and cost blowouts that have become a standard feature of Liberal government projects.
To stop taxpayer money being wasted and to deliver infrastructure sooner, a Labor Government will:
- Set on-time, on-budget delivery of infrastructure projects as a KPI of all Department Secretaries and government business CEOs;
- Ban bonuses for Government business executives who fail to deliver; and
- Establish an on-time, on-budget infrastructure oversight team.
This team will provide oversight of all projects over $100 million to ensure proper scoping and planning occurs, good value procurement takes place and construction milestones are met.
Executives who stuff up major projects should be sacked, not given almost $200,000 in bonuses like TasPorts Executives were during the Spirits of Tasmania debacle.
The team will be funded from reallocating resources within the Department of State Growth.
Examples of just some of the failed or shambolic projects include:
- The Spirit of Tasmania project is six years late and $500 million over budget.
- The new Tamar Bridge - promised at three elections in a row and still no plan in place.
- Light rail for Hobart by 2023 - never delivered
- The Cradle Mountain Cableway - blown out from $30m to $190m and never delivered
- Fifth Lane on the Southern Outlet – promised in 2018 and costed at $35 million. If ever actually delivered, will cost at least five times that much.
After 11 years of the Liberals, Tasmania can’t afford more of the same. It’s time for a fresh start under Labor.
Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader
