The August State Budget will deliver our election promises, fix the budget mess and lay the foundations for a better future.
Next weekend we are taking the next step in establishing Infrastructure Tasmania, which will ensure a coordinated, state-wide approach to the planning and delivery of infrastructure.
Advertisements seeking a chief executive officer to lead the independent body will be placed in local and national newspapers, and online from next Saturday.
This role will be key to ensuring strategic investment in infrastructure, efficient transport and an effective freight network, which will create jobs, boost productivity and encourage economic development.
Under Labor and the Greens, infrastructure was neglected, developments were ad-hoc and Tasmania lost its international shipping service.
Infrastructure Tasmania will take the politics out of infrastructure developments and ensure a long-term and coordinated approach is undertaken by all levels of government.
It will be tasked with developing a state-wide freight strategy and will also identify infrastructure projects and programs to be prioritised by Government, delivering regular progress reports to ensure economic growth, stimulate development and create jobs.
Expressions of interest close on August 22 and Infrastructure Tasmania is expected to be up and running in the final quarter of 2014.
The Liberal Government is committed to rebuilding Tasmania's economy and creating jobs.