Tasmania was Australia’s leader in renewable energy for 100 years, right up until last year when South Australia took over. It’s been years since a new wind farm was built and the TCCI has called our energy situation a crisis.

It should be completely unthinkable, except it shouldn’t come as a surprise when you look at this Government’s record. In fact, Jeremy Rockliff’s government has achieved exactly zero of their 2022-24 renewable energy goals:

• Framework Implementation Plan – fail.
• Establish first Renewable Energy Zone – fail.
• Final Investment Decision on Marinus Link – fail.
• Local hydrogen production – fail.

This is a government that never delivers. Big on rhetoric, hopeless on delivery.

This sort of failure isn’t just embarrassing for the government, it has serious implications for Tasmania’s economy. The Liberals’ failure to deliver has already cost Tasmania several major projects and stopped billions from entering the state.

Renewable energy is Tasmania’s superpower and holds the key to supercharging our economy for decades to come. We need to be doing everything we can to take advantage of the incredible opportunities available to us, but the Liberals have dropped the ball.

Labor is determined to get moving on the big projects that will set up our economy for decades to come, and create thousands of safe, secure, well-paid jobs.

Janie Finlay MP
Shadow Minister for Energy & Renewables