The Labor Party is serious about winning the elections
due in 2025.
We know that this weak Liberal Government is failing
Tasmanians and failing to get the basics right.
The Labor Party owes it to Tasmanians and to our
supporters and members to have a single and relentless focus on holding this
weak government to account and demonstrating our ability to lead our state.
I can confirm today that the National Executive of the
Australian Labor Party has made the decision to intervene in the Tasmanian
branch to give us the best chance to win in 2025.
While the administration of the party is not my direct
responsibility, as the party’s leader I believe we must work together to reform
our party organisation.
The State and Federal Parliamentary Labor Party
jointly welcome this decision and I am joined here today by Senator Carol Brown
who is an Assistant Minister in the Albanese Labor Government.
This decision is one that will allow the Tasmanian
branch to modernise our party organisation to make it stronger, improve our
governance and rules and prepare it for the next election.
To lead this work, I am proud to announce that former
Senators Doug Cameron and Nick Sherry have been appointed as co-Administrators.
They will work alongside Stuart Benson, Tasmanian
State Secretary, and a six-person branch committee to make the improvements our
party needs to see.
This decision has been made to give the Labor Party
the best chance of returning to government in Tasmania in 2025 and to support
the re-election of the Albanese Labor Government in 2025 with more Labor
members.
The Parliamentary Labor Party – my team – has made
substantial progress over the past six months.
Our caucus is determined and focused on the issues
that matter to Tasmanians – cost of living, wages, power prices, housing and
healthcare.
In the most recent polls, we have closed the gap
between us and this weak Liberal Government from 21 points at the election to
just nine.
We need all arms of the party to be working smarter
and better together on behalf of our supporters so that we can continue to
highlight how this weak government is failing to get the basics right for
Tasmanians.
I have said before that our party was not at its best
last year.
But the reform process we are about to embark on will enable us to build on
the progress we have made and get back to our very best.
Our members and supporters need us to. And Tasmanians
need us to.
We need to build a modern, united party that upholds our
values, is clear on our mission and which welcomes new and constructive voices.
A party that builds a broad coalition, that provides a
greater role for the community, and for rank and file Labor members, in the
development of our party’s
policies and vision for
Tasmania.
And above all a party that is fit to govern through
the challenges of the 21st century.
So I say to our party members and to the Tasmanian
people: We are serious about improving our party, because we are serious about earning your trust to
provide the good government Tasmania so desperately needs.
Because Tasmania does better with Labor at its best.
Rebecca White MP
Tasmanian Labor Leader
