Labor is continuing to dance to the Greens’ tune on forestry, threatening thousands of jobs across regional Tasmania.
Hopes that Shadow Resources Minister David Llewellyn – who opposed the disastrous Labor-Green forest deal – might support growth in the industry have been extinguished by his Green-friendly comments in the media.
Mr Llewellyn’s pathetic criticism that the Liberal Government wants to reignite “conflict in our forests” shows that he has fallen into line with Labor’s policy of surrendering to the Greens rather than backing the industry.
Labor sold forestry workers down the river after the 2010 election to stay in government, and they would clearly do it all again.
In contrast, this Government is committed to supporting growth and to ensuring that Forestry Tasmania is commercially sustainable.
That’s why we are considering whether we need to obtain earlier access to the 400,000 hectares of Future Potential Production Forest.
Under a majority Liberal Government, the forest industry is growing in confidence, and that’s resulting in new investment, new opportunities and new jobs.
Clearly, Labor would sacrifice all of this to again appease the Greens.