Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that a recent poll in The Mercury newspaper found strong public support for light rail in Hobart;

(b) notes the significant benefits of light rail in Hobart, including:

  (i) the reduction in greenhouse gas and particulate emissions,

  (ii) the reduction in traffic congestion and associated improvements in amenity and productivity,

  (iii) the increase in value of property along and around the rail corridor,

  (iv) the opportunities for business growth along and around the rail corridor,

  (v) incentivising infill developments to limit urban sprawl, and

  (vi) the benefit to Tasmania's tourism industry of a direct rail link between Hobart and MONA; and

(c) supports light rail for Hobart.