Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The former coalition government had 10 years to deliver for Tasmania, and they didn't. They failed miserably. A majority Albanese Labor government outlined a holistic plan during the election campaign to deliver for Tasmania—a plan for local jobs, a plan to bring back manufacturing and secure jobs back to Tasmania in respect to our commitment to Waverley Woollen Mills, FermenTas and Green Hydrogen, a plan to access TAFE and skills, a plan to address the cost-of-living, and access to GPs and health services, a plan for end-of-life care with a 10-bed hospice, a training and respite centre to train aged-care workers and disability workers in Northern Tasmania. We outlined a plan to grow our community and help them prosper. In George Town, alongside our hydrogen plan, we invested in a plan for health with a new swimming pool and gym that will be used by all members of the community.

I will be working closely with the respective Labor ministers to make sure that our commitments are delivered in full and on time—something that the member for Bass failed to do during the three years she was part of the lacklustre, no-policy Morrison government. Labor has been elected to a majority government, and we will be focusing on delivering a holistic plan for the people for Tasmania, as I said, to improve the cost of living. (Time expired)