Premier Rockliff announced he has appointed Ben Maloney and Peter Gemell to oversee delivery of the new Spirits project, after completely losing confidence in Michael Ferguson.

And who could blame him? Under Ferguson’s watch, this project has spiralled into the biggest infrastructure stuff up in Tasmanian history.

Jeremy Rockliff could appoint all the King’s horses and all the King’s men, but it still won’t get this disaster back on track.

The Spirits are five years late, $500 million over budget and unable to operate at full capacity when the first ship is operational – and we are still not sure when this will be.

Businesses in the North West and tourism operators across the state have been let down by the Liberal Lambie Government.

Despite being the shareholder Minister for both TT-Line and TasPorts, Ferguson claimed that he was ‘left in the dark’. The only people who have been left in the dark are the Tasmanian people.

Tasmanians are sick of this government failing to deliver, and it was only a matter of time before Jeremy Rockliff got sick of his Deputy’s incompetence.

Anita Dow MP
Deputy Labor Leader
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure