Under my leadership, Labor stands for safe, secure, well-paid jobs.

Which is why today in my budget reply I announced Labor’s plan for unleashing $25 billion worth of investment in Tasmania.

Labor is going to give the Coordinator-General real powers, and real teeth. There is a massive investment backlog in our state that is holding Tasmania’s economy back.

There is $25 billion worth of capital waiting at our door, and none of it is happening because it’s too hard to deal with this minority Liberal government. Businesses find it impossible to get any of their issues fixed, and the approvals process is too slow.

Tasmania needs a Coordinator-General with teeth. 

We’re proposing to provide the Coordinator-General with the powers to declare an investment to be a priority project for Tasmania, triggering powers to coordinate environmental assessments, apply zoning changes, and direct government businesses to provide support, not blockages.

It would enable proponents to access development assessment processes that sit above the planning scheme, order information from public agencies and government businesses, and direct Infrastructure Tasmania and government businesses to get on with public investments that support or unlock priority private sector projects. 

It would have the power – independent of government – to undertake or commission investigations that are necessary to support investment, infrastructure, and development in Tasmania.

And the Coordinator-General would answer directly to the Premier. 

They would have a mission to go in and actually get things done - because after the stagnation of minority government, that's what Tasmania needs to get our economy moving again.

Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader