grant $250,000 for another consultant on Westbury prison project
bear the cost of Liberals incompetency
must release consultant’s report
The Hodgman Government
continues to spend extravagantly on consultants despite desperate promises that
they will be cutting consultants.
Shadow Corrections Minister,
Ella Haddad, said taxpayers were bearing the cost of the Liberals failures.
“In the last budget the
Liberals announced $450 million in cuts by slashing expenditure on travel and
consultants,” Ms Haddad said.
“We already know the
Liberals have outsourced community consultation for the maximum security
Westbury prison to a consultant for $115,000, and now we discover that have
granted a further $250,000 – all at the cost of hard working Tasmanians.
“Taxpayers have paid for
this work, which the Liberals are typically keeping secret.
“The Liberals continue to
spend recklessly despite promising they would cut spending on consultants.
“The Government must come clean and release the consultant’s report to better inform the Westbury community why their town was chosen as the site for the Maximum Security Prison.”
Ella Haddad
Shadow Corrections Minister
