IBM contract shows Coordinator-General isn’t working

 Government pays IBM $249,000 to attract investment
 Admission the Coordinator General is not delivering for Tasmania
 Labor would abolish the expensive office

The Liberal Government’s decision to pay computing giant IBM a quarter of a million dollars to help attract investment is another sign the Coordinator-General experiment isn’t working.

Shadow Treasurer Scott Bacon said the $249,000 tender is proof the office of the Coordinator-General is not doing what the Government promised it would.

“Matthew Groom’s decision to pay IBM a quarter of a million dollars to prepare a foreign investment strategy is an admission that the Coordinator-General has failed miserably,” Mr Bacon said.

“Mr Groom is paying his hand-picked Coordinator-General $466,000 annually – $2 million over the life of the government – but he cannot name a single legitimate project that this office has actually attracted to Tasmania.

“He has been specific that the role of his Coordinator-General is to attract foreign investment to Tasmania but if that’s the case, why has he now turned around and hired IBM?

“The duplication and waste associated with this office is outrageous and unnecessary.

“A future Labor Government would immediately abolish this office – something Mr Groom should be doing now.”
Scott Bacon MP Shadow Treasurer