Labor Leader Bryan Green today questioned the value for money of the high flying Coordinator-General’s office.
“Taxpayers are footing a $2 million bill for the office but nobody actually knows what it’s doing,” Mr Green said.
“The Minister responsible for State Growth Matthew Groom is refusing to detail how the office is progressing investment or job creating projects.
“The best Mr Groom could come up with today was a grab bag of possible but unknown investments that were more likely than not already in the pipeline.
“Mr Groom brushed off calls for the Coordinator General to work to save the 280 Caterpillar jobs under threat in Burnie only because the Government itself has abandoned these jobs.
“It’s time the Coordinator General’s office rolled up its sleeves and got its hands dirty.
The office was established three months ago but still doesn’t even have its own telephone number.
“It has a1800-listed number that goes straight to a message service in the Department of State Growth.
“What kind of message is that sending to businesses wanting to talk to the Coordinator-General?
“It might disguise that the Liberals have broken their promise to have 10 Coordinator-General staff based in Launceston, but it doesn’t hide that it looks like a token gesture.
“Most of the staff are in Hobart with only three in Launceston.
“It is clearly not what the Liberals led people to believe would happen when they promised to set up the $2 million office in Launceston.
Bryan Green MP Labor Leader
