A majority Rockliff Government will keep the University of Tasmania in Sandy Bay.
We will amend the University of Tasmania Act 1992 to require that the land at Sandy Bay currently held by the University of Tasmania cannot be sold except with the explicit support of both Houses of the Parliament.
The current site of the University of Tasmania was gifted by the people of Tasmania to the University in 1951.
The original University of Tasmania Act (1951) contained a provision preventing the University from disposing of the land at this site.
This provision was removed by Labor when they amended the Act in 1992.
The Liberal Party respects the right of the University to establish new facilities in the Hobart CBD, and elsewhere if they wish.
This arrangement strikes the right balance between protecting the public interest, and allowing the University to get on with their business – which is educating young Tasmanians.
If re-elected, we will introduce legislation to this effect into the Parliament within our first 100 days.
