Justine Keay (Braddon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last Friday the former Tasmanian state Labor leader and member for Braddon, Bryan Green, retired after 19 years of service to the Tasmanian people. Bryan was first elected in 1998, and I first met him in 2002. Bryan has been my employer and is my friend. He encouraged me to stand for public office, just as he encouraged the new state Labor leader, Rebecca White, to stand for state parliament in 2009.

Bryan has made enormous contributions to Tasmania and to my electorate of Braddon. Some of the examples of Bryan's contributions to Tasmania are the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement, the expansion of the salmon industry, the creation of the last marine reserves in Tasmania at Port Davey on the west coast and Kent Group in Bass Strait and the massive expansion of Tasmania's irrigation schemes—the same schemes the Deputy Prime Minister takes credit for, but they are Labor projects started by Jim Bacon, David Llewellyn and Bryan Green.

In Braddon, Bryan's achievements were many, including the Circular Head Community and Recreation Centre, the Ta Ann veneer mill in Smithton, Bass Highway upgrades through Sisters Hills, Wynyard wharf redevelopment, North West Renal Unit in Burnie, Burnie waterfront development, Ulverstone wharf upgrade, Ulverstone to Turners Beach shared pathway, TasPorts headquarters in Devonport and Meercroft Park multi-use sporting centre. On top of this, he has helped thousands of constituents over the years, which has been reflected in the strong support he received at multiple elections. I wish him well as a citizen of Tasmania.