Greens Leader Nick McKim MP today said that Tasmania could expect a bright and prosperous future if it continued to embrace the shift to a low carbon economy.
In his Budget Reply today, Mr McKim outlined a vision to accelerate Tasmania’s economic transformation, including a plan to promote the flourishing of a creative economy.
“More than 20 years ago, the Greens outlined a vision of a new Tasmanian economy based on our natural advantages as the clean, green and clever state,” Mr McKim said.
“Back then the Greens vision for Tasmania’s economy was a radical departure from the old heavy industrial model based low-value, high-volume resource extraction.”
“Today that vision is becoming a reality, as the Tasmanian economy transitions to one based on sustainable, long term jobs.”
“We simply have to continue to transform and diversify our economy so that we can be more resilient, and create jobs that last.”
“That will not happen by accident, and the Greens have both the vision and the plan to make it happen.”
Surfing the Creative Economy
“The Greens’ Surfing the Creative Economy package will promote growth and investment in creative industries, and produce serious economic returns to the state,” Mr McKim said.
“Our aim is to attract interstate or offshore producers to Tasmania to film or post-produce feature films, television series and documentaries, along with things like animations and electronic games.”
“One of the biggest drivers of tourism growth right now is MONA, but the Greens believe that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the economic benefits of a creative economy.”
“Data from the ABS shows Australia’s arts and recreation sector is growing faster than mean GDP, and is outstripping mining, public administration, manufacturing, property services and utilities.”
“We are not prepared to sit back and watch the innovative flow of the creative industries bypass Tasmania to land in New Zealand, Melbourne and Sydney.”
Click here for full details of the initiative:
http://mps.tas.greens.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Surfing-the-Creative-Economy.pdf
Building a low carbon economy
“All around the world, those nations and states that are embracing the low carbon and creative industry economies are surging forward renewed and reinvigorated,” Mr McKim said.
“Low carbon industries are where the action is going to be this century, and Tasmania is uniquely placed to create sustainable jobs using our natural advantages.”
“We are already seeing job after job being created in Tasmania in clean, green, clever and creative industries.”
“A Greens Treasurer would face this economic challenge head on, embracing the shift away from the old trade-exposed extractive industries, toward twenty-first century green industries that capitalise on Tasmania’s natural advantages.”
Click here for full details of the initiative
http://mps.tas.greens.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Surfing-the-Creative-Economy.pdf
Strengthening Democracy Reform Package
“A Greens Treasurer would implement in full our Cleaning Up Tasmania’s Democracy package, to restore the number of Members in the House of Assembly to 35, and implement a state-based political donations disclosure regime.”
“It is a shameful short-changing of the Tasmanian community that we have continued to lag behind on these desperately needed reforms.”
“All three political party leaders agreed in 2010 that restoring the numbers in the House of Assembly was long overdue, and that the cut in numbers had been detrimental to the functioning of the Parliament.”
“There is no excuse for Tasmania to still not have a state-based political donation disclosure scheme in place for the next state election.”
“The Tasmanian Greens would lower the current disclosure threshold on donations, ban donations from gaming and tobacco companies, require real-time disclosure of donations and publicly fund parties and candidates.”
Click Here to view the Greens “Cleaning Up Tasmania’s Democracy” package.
http://mps.tas.greens.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Mar12_Cleaning-Up-Tas-Democracy-Package_N-McKim_ATTACH.pdf
