The Liberal Government has broken another election promise, this time around its commitment to the crime prevention program U-Turn.
Labor Leader Bryan Green said the Liberals’ election promise was explicit.
“They promised $2 million dollars to keep the program running for four years,” Mr Green said.
The Liberal Party’s policy document said in black and white:
“As part of our Plan for a Brighter Future, a majority Liberal government will provide a total of $2 million over four years to re-instate the highly successful U-turn program for youth at risk.”
“Now the program’s funding is only secure until June this year.
“Vanessa Goodwin can dress it up any way she likes but the bottom line is she has broken a direct promise to fund U-Turn for four years.
“Those people who work and volunteer on U-Turn’s courses, not to mention the young people who benefit from the program, have been badly let down by this dishonest government.
“Rather than giving the program “the lifeline they need”, the Government has hung U-Turn out to dry.”
The Liberals’ original policy document can be found here: https://www.tas.liberal.org.au/sites/default/files/policy/Project%20U-turn.pdf
Bryan Green MP Labor Leader
