Sarah Courtney,Minister for Strategic Growth
The Tasmanian majority Liberal Government has a long term plan to continue to grow our state’s economy and create more jobs and opportunities for Tasmanians.
This is why we are committed to bolstering our partnerships with business and industry, so more people can have the opportunity to gain meaningful employment.
This is our focus for all Tasmanians, across our cities as well as our rural and regional communities – regardless of your background, where you live or your circumstances, we are focused on making sure everyone has the same opportunity to participate and benefit from our strong economy.
We recognise that there are areas were our unemployment rate is still higher than we would like and we know that Glenorchy is one such area – however – we also know that the municipality is now extremely well placed to capitalise on the strength of the Tasmanian economy.
Last week’s announcement of the in-princple NBL deal and Wilkinson’s Point redevelopment is set to bring an unprecedented level of investment, construction and economic activity to the region – with an anticipated economic injection of $102 million and the creation of around 1,200 jobs.
The construction of the MONA hotel also presents a tremendous opportunity for local workers and, in particular, those younger workers who want to make a career in our vital hospitality industry.
All of this creates enormous opportunity for the people of Glenorchy, which is why we announced yesterday that we will establish a Jobs Hub in the area.
The Hub will provide support to those seeking a job, by connecting them with local employers and the transport needed to get to work.
This will build on the great success of the South East Employment Hub which has placed 108 local people in jobs since it’s commencement in 2018 and has identified another 330 local jobs for the people of that community.
This success is why we have also recently announced an additional $300,000 for the extension of the Sorrel Jobs Hub for a further 12-months.
We are also continuing to roll out other initiatives under our $4.1 million Jobs Action Package – which has already delivered over $1.6 million to community organisations and local projects, with providers reporting more than 840 employment and training related outcomes for Tasmanian job seekers
The Tasmanian majority Liberal Government is proud of these achievements and will continue to work with our community partners in the Derwent Valley, Break O’Day and on the West Coast to ensure the programs we’ve begun are achieving the right outcomes for those communities.
This will help us to deliver on our number one plan to maintain the current economic strength and create jobs for even more Tasmanians.
