Tasmanian Labor
is calling on Jeremy Rockliff to hold a referendum on his $750 million stadium
in Hobart.
Tasmanian Labor
remains clear in our opposition to the stadium because it is not the right
priority for our state.
The proposal
was not taken to the last election and Tasmanians are rightly asking why this
has suddenly become such a high priority when the Government is failing to get
the basics right in so many key areas.
Tasmania is
currently in the grip of a health, housing and cost of living crisis.
Infrastructure projects promised years ago are not being delivered, and the
government is struggling to manage the budget.
It’s not just
Labor calling for the public to have their say.
Even Robin
Gray, the Liberal Party’s longest serving Premier, has called for a referendum
on the stadium he think is a “dud deal” that will damage the northern economy.
The stadium is
also unpopular among the Liberal Party’s own MP’s, with Cabinet Ministers like
Felix Ellis refusing to back the project, and others like Bridget Archer
opposing it outright.
It is time
Tasmanians had their voice heard, and Jeremy Rockliff and his Government
listened to them.
Rebecca White MP
Tasmanian Labor Leader
