What a waste of time by the Labor-Green opposition.
I was clearly asked in Parliament about an election promise for the Sandy Bay rowing club*, which was funded in the 2021-22 Budget and I answered it factually.
To quote my words out of context while deliberately omitting that fact is itself misleading and deceptive.
It was also a complete waste of Parliamentary time, when we have important legislation to debate.
The facts are, every one of our election commitments directly benefits everyday Tasmanians, right across the State, they were lawfully funded through the Financial Management Act, and this was outlined by the then Finance Minister to Parliament during the Supply Bills debate on June 24 last year. The Treasurer's Reserve is based on an appropriation approved by Parliament.
*Mr Speaker, I thank the member for her question. I am advised that the election promise made to the Sandy Bay Rowing Club during the 2021 election was part of a range of small one-off election promises made by local communities around the state. This is not unlike a raft of other promises others make. Just like any other election promise, the promises come to fruition dependent on two things: one, the party being elected to form government and enabled to enact the commitment; and two, the election promise being funded, included in the budget and the budget being agreed to by the parliament.
