And there’s always a cost …
“Prime Minister Julia Gillard has agreed to a swag of demands from the Greens as part of a formal deal to join forces....” [1]
As a result, Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Labor Premier Lara Giddings locked up another 430,000 hectares of Tasmanian forest.[2]
The Labor-Green forest “deal” cost more than 4,000 forestry jobs - two out of every three jobs in the industry were lost in the five years to 2013.[3]
Tasmanians know the damage Labor/Green Governments cause …
Last time Labor and the Greens did a deal in Tasmania:
- 10,000 jobs were lost
- 395 Police and Nurses were sacked
- Power prices skyrocketed 65%
- Tasmania went into recession
Who knows what damage another Labor/Green deal would do to Tasmania?
Labor and The Greens – DON’T RISK IT
[1] The Australian Greens & The Australian Labor Party (ʹThe Partiesʹ) – Agreement https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/displa...
[2] https://www.awe.gov.au/agriculture-land/land/fores...
[3] https://www.fwpa.com.au/images/OtherReports/Socio_...