Infrastructure Minister Rene Hidding must front up to the Triabunna Parliamentary Committee to explain what role he has played in the possible sale of the publicly owned Triabunna wharf to Graeme Wood and Jan Cameron, Labor Leader Bryan Green said today.
“It is obvious that the Liberals’ witch hunt has blown up in their faces – now one of their own ministers has questions to answer,” Mr Green said.
“How much is the Government planning to sell the port to Triabunna Investments for?
“Why has the Government broken its promise to sell public assets?”
Mr Green said that while beating their chests about compulsory acquisitions on the Triabunna mill in Opposition, the Liberal Government later engaged in backroom conversations about selling the wharf to the very people they suggested the mill should be taken off.
“It must be the height of embarrassment for Committee Chair Guy Barnett to have this political fishing expedition end up hooking his fellow Lyons member.
“All this inquiry has done is shine a light on the hypocrisy of the Liberal Government and hurt Tasmania in the eyes of investors.
“What the Government should be doing is discussing solutions for the East Coast’s future.”
Bryan Green MP Labor Leader
