TCCI survey shows Labor lacking on skills

Today’s TCCI survey shows that Tasmanian businesses think that the Government was more of a burden on business than the global financial crisis.

While there is no doubt that the global financial crisis is still hurting Tasmanian businesses and leading to predictions from business that more jobs will be lost, their biggest concerns are still skills and taxes.

The Government has shocking form on both fronts and businesses have been crying out for the Government to deliver results for years.

The Government has announced at least seven different ‘plans’ over the past 11 years to address the skills crisis, yet they have not worked. Tasmania’s skill levels are still appallingly low and business is suffering as a result.

A Hodgman Liberal Government will focus on lifting skill levels, not just rearranging the system and giving it a new logo. I will focus on results, not headlines.

We will also work with business to reduce the tax burden, another key constraint identified by the TCCI survey. As a start, we will make sure that fewer people have to pay Land Tax. Cutting Land Tax will reduce the burden on small business and will also reduce the burden on ordinary Tasmanians, who will then have more money to spend in the local economy.

We need to make Tasmania the most competitive place to do business in. We need to back Tasmanian businesses to create local jobs and to drive investment in our economy.
Will Hodgman MP Leader of the State Opposition