Jeremy Rockliff

Premier of Tasmania



19 August 2014

, Minister for Infrastructure

Labor hypocrisy over Triabunna wharf

Labor's breathtaking hypocrisy over the future of the Triabunna wharf has been exposed for all to see.

The fact is that in December last year the then Labor Minister for Infrastructure, David O'Byrne, told a Legislative Council committee that his government was in discussions about the future of the wharf.

When asked if Triabunna Investments was interested in buying the wharf, TasPorts chairman Dr Dan Norton replied: "They may be. We do not know."

Mr O'Byrne then added: "That is why we will put a proposition to them."

This proves that discussions over the future of the wharf began under the previous Labor-Green Government with the full participation of the then Labor Minister.

It is hypocritical for Bryan Green to try to criticise the Liberal Government when it was the Labor-Green Government that stood by when the Triabunna mill was sold to environmentalists, leaving the wharf a stranded liability.

And it is even more hypocritical when you read the Hansard that shows that TasPorts began discussions with Triabunna Investments under that same Labor-Green Government.

Bryan Green has egg on his face and should be held to account for his appalling double-standards.



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