The upcoming Labor state conference will be an opportunity for Rebecca White to shake off flawed policies rejected by voters at the March election.
Rebecca White led Labor to their third worst election result ever with a range of ill-conceived thought bubbles. Labor has refused to speak about their own policies since the election – is it because they no longer have any, or because they’re sticking with the policies rejected at the election?
At this weekend’s Labor State Conference, Tasmanians deserve to be told whether these failed thought bubbles are still official Labor policy:
- A Shack tax – which would see many Tasmanians slugged up to $2,500 extra in tax on a $250,000 shack.
- Putting sick people into hotels.
- Removing Pokies from pubs and clubs – which would have caused job losses and potentially resulted in closures.
- Rolling back extension high schools – removing the right of year 11 and 12 students to be educated in their local community.
This is also an opportunity for Rebecca White to finally back Government policies aimed at keeping Tasmanians safe, including mandatory minimum sentences for people found guilty of serious sexual assaults against children; and the removal of remission for prisoners, which can see three months knocked off the sentence handed down by the court.
Motions endorsed at Labor’s State conference are binding and form their policy platform for the next election. Will Labor listen to what the community told them at the election, or will they double down on more anti-jobs, soft on crime policies?
