Will Hodgman

I look forward to meeting a number of major leaders in the wood chip market in Singapore and Japan, talking up our renewable forest industry and countering the Greens misinformation.

I am pleased that the Premier has accepted my proposal for a joint trade mission.

The Greens' propaganda is severely damaging our markets and costing Tasmanian jobs.

While today’s EMRS poll is the fourth in a row to show the Liberals in position to win majority government, there is much more work to be done.

Between now and the next election, my team and I will continue to outline our positive plan for Tasmania.

Will Hodgman said:

Lara Giddings staked her leadership on fixing the budget.  Today’s Mid Year Financial Report confirms that she has failed.  In fact, she has delivered the biggest deficit in Tasmania’s history.

Lara Giddings' failure today to even rebuke Nick McKim for his job destroying antics - let alone do the right thing and sack him - shows she lacks the ticker to stand up to the Greens.

Lara Giddings now has no option but to sack Nick McKim from Cabinet.

The IGA was meant to bring peace.  It has failed.

The IGA was meant to protect jobs.  It has failed.

A Forestry business survey which gives a heartbreaking insight into the destruction caused to families and communities by the foresty deal, is a timely reminder of why we need to support our cornerstone industries – not shut them down.

Lara Giddings has demonstrated just how captive she is to the Greens, by approving the attempts by her Cabinet members to sabotage a major investment in Gunns.

I am pleased that the Premier has agreed with the Liberals’ call to counter the misinformation about Tasmania’s forest industry that is being spread around the globe by the Greens.

The Property Council’s Hobart office vacancy report shows that Hobart is quickly becoming closed for business under Labor and the Greens.

I welcome the release of the TCCI’s budget submission today, which is consistent with the Liberals’ vision set out in our first Future Directions statement earlier this month.

Two new reports on the state of Tasmania’s economy again highlight the need for policies to grow the Tasmanian economy – policies which only a majority Liberal Government can deliver, because unlike Labor, we aren’t beholden to the Greens.

On a day when our economic challenges were in the spotlight, it is disappointing that the Premier is once again focussed on how many politicians there are in Tasmania.

As a result of the disastrous forest deal, over 58 percent of Tasmania’s native forests will be locked up, and thanks to Labor and the Greens we are now a giant national park.