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13 December 2024 After a near two-year campaign by Tasmanian Liberal representatives, the Federal Government have finally agreed to exempt the $240 million federal contribution for the Macquarie Point stadium from our GST calculations. The Prime Minister has consistently rejected this idea on visits to Tasmania, previously stating that he was “not quite sure why [...]
21 September 2023 In a shocking act of disrespect, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Government will force Tasmania to pay the whole $240 million Hobart stadium Commonwealth contribution that was announced earlier this year by not making an exemption for our GST calculation. This move by Labor will rip away $240 million in Tasmania’s agency [...]
6 September 2023 Russell Hanson’s report on the proposed stadium points to the economic benefits that the stadium proposal brings Tasmania. But it also points out that the deal is not exempt from GST. The deal struck to secure a Tassie team can be made better by ensuring that the $240 million the Federal Labor [...]
31 August 2023 It has been four months since the Prime Minister flew into Hobart to make a $240 million commitment to a waterfront stadium, and he has had that time to secure a guarantee for our state to exempt that funding from GST calculations. Today, the PM was asked to provide that guarantee [...]
31 August 2023 When the PM visits Tasmania today to tell Tasmanians to vote for his Voice proposal, he must address the other issues confronting Tasmanians. The last time Anthony Albanese came to Tasmania, he provided $240 million for a waterfront stadium. The thing he didn’t tell Tasmanians was that this funding was not exempt [...]
12 May 2023 TASMANIAN FEDERAL LABOR MPs NEED TO ANSWER GST QUESTIONS Tasmania’s Federal Labor MPs and Senators must today tell Tasmanians whether they have asked Treasurer Jim Chalmers to ensure Tasmania would not lose any of its fair share of GST as a result of Labor’s waterfront stadium commitment - and when they made [...]
30 April 2025 The Liberal and National Parties have again shown that they are the only political parties with a serious plan to protect the environment, after committing today to nearly $40 million in new funding for conservation groups that have been ignored by the Albanese Government. Today’s funding swells the Coalition’s pre-election commitments to [...]
30 April 2025 An elected Coalition Government will commit $6 million to OzFish to help them ensure better habitats for better fishing. Visiting Port Sorell, Shadow Environment Minister Jonno Duniam said fishing was vital for jobs, tourism and recreation in Tasmania. “OzFish are a terrific community partner who do work across the country to help [...]
16 October 2024 The Prime Minister on his last visit to Tasmania said that he couldn’t exempt Tasmania’s stadium funding from GST because if he did, he would have to exempt Olympics infrastructure in Queensland from GST. The truth of the matter is that Queensland is getting a GST exemption. The Prime Minister’s own treasury [...]
25 September 2024 In his press conference today, the Prime Minister has demonstrated complete disdain for our state. When asked whether Federal Labor would exempt our stadium from GST calculations, so we can get our fair share, the PM was finally honest and told us he will be taking $240 million away from our health [...]