Roger Jaensch,Minister for Housing
After four hours of shameless grandstanding in Parliament this afternoon, Rebecca White and her Labor colleagues declared they now support the rezoning of land at Huntingfield.
Just now in Parliament, a motion to support the rezoning land at Huntingfield was passed through the House of Assembly unanimously on the voices.
The Hodgman majority Liberal Government makes no apologies for getting on with the job of rezoning surplus government land to boost the supply of affordable housing in Tasmania, a commitment we gave at the Housing Summit last year.
After weeks of tawdry Labor stunts, designed to scare local communities, they should hang their heads in shame for deliberately attempting to scare communities only then to capitulate when the pressure of Parliamentary debate was applied.
Putting aside Labor’s shameless hypocrisy, the passage of this motion in Parliament today is another positive step towards opening up a further 34 hectares of land for the construction of more than 450 homes.
