Minority government gets tick for fiscal management

The Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim MP today said Standard and Poor’s rating agency had debunked the myth that minority governments could not be strong and stable economic managers.

“Standard and Poor’s have blown a big hole in the lazy myth that minority governments are not good economic managers,” Mr McKim said.

“Tasmania’s minority government has quietly and patiently navigated our economy through difficult times by consistently delivering cautious and restrained State Budgets.”

“Standard and Poor’s has recognised that this minority government has made strong and sometimes difficult decisions that have set Tasmania up for the long term.”

“Our economy undergoing a profound transformation, and there are now some very clear and indisputable signs of solid growth in new-generation industries.”

“There is still a long way to go, which is why Tasmania must stay the course and not be lured back into the old, failed economic models.”

“We simply cannot return to the old, lazy economic approach of using taxpayer money to prop up unprofitable, unsustainable industries that become too big to fail.”
Nick McKim MP Greens Leader