Racing Minister Jane Howlett, and Premier Jeremy Rockliff need to provide an update about whether the Liberals plan to break their promise to provide a future for harness and greyhound racing on the North-West Coast.

The racing industry supports hundreds of jobs, small businesses, and regional communities on the North-West Coast, but the mess the Liberals have created over the past few years has placed this support at risk.

It’s common knowledge that the Liberals have completely lost control of the budget, and it’s time they were up front about who they’re going to make suffer the consequences.

It would be a body blow to racing on the Coast if the Liberals took the same policy as the Greens on North-West racing – that is to shut it down.

Is Jeremy Rockliff going to betray his constituents – the loyal, dedicated racing people, their families, communities, and everyone who supports Tasmanian racing?  

Tasmanian Labor wants to see a strong future for our harness and greyhound participants on the North-West Coast, and for the racing industry and the jobs it supports.

To do that, the industry needs certainty, and the new track they were promised needs to be delivered.

Luke Edmunds MLC
Shadow Minister for Racing