The Government is filibustering its own Bill this
afternoon.
The Order of Business today sets out three Bills which
the Government wanted to get through. We have now heard five separate Government
Members stand up and take up time talking out a Bill which the Opposition has
already indicated support for.
Instead, after a remarkable shambles this morning, where the Government messed
up moving its own Motion of Public Importance (MPI), we now have a situation
where Government Members are actively delaying the Government’s legislative
agenda.
The Government has not tabled a single new Bill for
the week, failed to answer important questions on Hydro Tasmania and has
Ministers trying to escape scrutiny with an early minute.
This is a Government struggling after multiple resignations, reshuffles and scrutiny of its handling of the energy portfolio. It’s not getting the basics right on the cost of living, health and housing and Tasmanians deserve better.
Dean Winter MP
Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Assembly
