The Tasmanian Labor leader has slammed Australia's last Liberal Premier for being 'more concerned with putting a roof on a stadium than over the heads of Tasmanians.'
Ms White said a future Labor government would help Tasmanians by adding 1,000 new homes to the private rental market over five years. she moved against Premier Jeremy RockliffThe Labor leader does not support the new AFL stadium at Hobart's Macquarie Point and believes funds should be used for other issues like the state's housing crisis.
But in a statement on Monday, Ms White hit out at the Premier, claiming his"priorities are all wrong".The Labor leader argued her state-wide initiative of incentivising the development of 1,000 new private home homes would make renting"easier and more affordable" for Tasmanians by adding supply to the market.
Tasmania's Labor Leader Rebecca White blames the housing crisis on the Liberals, who have been in power for the past 10 years. Picture: Chris Kidd"Only Tasmanian Labor has a right priority plan to make renting easier and more affordable for Tasmanians." Tasmania's Housing minister Guy Barnett last week said Homes Tasmania was designed to help build homes faster, and believed the Rockliff government's plan would help ease the state's housing shortage.
A further $3 million will be invested to extend the Residential Land Release Rebate initiative to help supply new land for the market.released the details of the contractThe Tasmanian government are excepted to build a $60 million training facility in Hobart's CBD, as well as pay a $4.5 million penalty if the new stadium isn't at least 50 per cent built by October 31, 2027.
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