While the Rockliff Government will applaud the results of the latest CommSec report, the report is meaningless for people struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Each day, Labor is hearing stories of people choosing between heating or eating, forgoing their vital medications or stressing to find a permanent place to call home.
The most recent Deloitte Access Economic Report findings paint a truer picture of Tasmania with growth for 2022-23 forecast to be 0.4 per cent, the lowest of all states and behind only the Northern Territory.
With mortgages increasing, slow income growth, inflation and unemployment, it demonstrates that the Liberal Government has done little for Tasmania in its decade at the helm apart from racking up record Budget debt and deficits.
Sensible financial management, health, housing and cost of living are key priorities for Labor and a Tasmanian Labor Government would immediately get to work fixing the mess the Liberal Government has created during its 10 years in office.
Shane Broad MP
Shadow Treasurer