· Local businesses left with huge unpaid contracts
· Ferguson does nothing to assist Tasmanian businesses
· Liberal rhetoric not matching reality… again
Health Minister Michael Ferguson must support Tasmanian small businesses who have been left with huge unpaid contracts as a result of the botched Royal Hobart Hospital rebuild.
Plumbing subcontractor AMS Hydraulics, which was sacked by John Holland earlier this year, has now gone into liquidation owing thousands of dollars to small Tasmanian companies like Lifters Hire in Cambridge and C2 in Granton.
C2 contacted the Health Minister a month ago raising concern that they were still owed more than $100,000 by AMS.
Michael Ferguson has done nothing to assist the Tasmanian small businesses.
"This is Michael Ferguson's project. What is he going to do to support these small family businesses who are owed thousands of dollars?" Deputy Labor Leader Michelle O'Byrne said.
"Does Michael Ferguson know of other businesses that are owed money by AMS?
"The Liberals promised to support small businesses to ensure they get more government work.
"This is another example of Liberal rhetoric not matching reality.
"Michael Ferguson loves to claim that he "rescued" the Royal Hobart Hospital but the fact is the project has been plagued by mould, asbestos and concerns with contractors on his watch.
"It is now Tasmanian small businesses who are paying an extreme price for Michael Ferguson's mismanagement."
Michelle O'Byrne MP
Deputy Labor Leader
