Labor stands for safe, secure, well-paid jobs, and there is no stronger supporter of Tasmania’s salmon industry than the Labor Party.

On day one of my leadership, I went to Strahan to meet with salmon workers and reiterate my support for them and their families.  I took a delegation to meet with the Federal Environment Minister last year to make their case and have publicly called on the Australian Labor Government to make a decision to support salmon workers and give them certainty.

Today the Prime Minister has done that.

Every conversation I have had with the Prime Minister has been positive.  His announcement today is a testament to the compelling case put together by industry, workers and Tasmanian scientists who have made an irrefutable case that salmon farming and the maugean skate can co-exist.

This is a reminder that Labor stands for jobs.  We are pro-worker and pro-regional communities.

Credit needs to go to Anne Urquhart who has relentlessly fought for west coast workers in Canberra throughout this.  She has been the champion those workers needed.

Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader