Tasmanian Labor will deliver a fully costed jobs plan to get Tasmanians back to work and deliver what small businesses need to get back on track.
Addressing a business gathering on the North West Coast, Labor Leader Rebecca White said the package is designed to strengthen the state's economy and create jobs.
"Many of the infrastructure projects already identified as important to the economic growth of the North West would support sectors hardest hit by COVID-19 such as tourism," Ms White said.
"These include the Coastal Pathway, the Cooee Crawl and Cradle Mountain redevelopment along with progressing the Next Iconic Walk on the West Coast. Investment in these projects will create jobs for locals and enhance the product offering for visitors.
"Tasmania's biggest economic challenge before COVID-19 was job creation, and this has only been compounded by the pandemic, which at its height cost 20,000 Tasmanians their jobs.
"While some of those jobs have come back, there are worrying signs that the recovery has stalled and 2,600 jobs were lost in the past month.
"Labor's number one priority is to create jobs and to get more people into secure and stable work, while giving small businesses the skills they need to keep going.
"We will be releasing a fully costed jobs plan in response to the State Budget, which will build on initiatives in our COVID-19 Recovery Package and detail what a future Labor Government will do to strengthen our economy and create more employment.
"The plan will also include measures to encourage buying local and reducing the cost of red tape compliance for small and medium businesses.
"Labor's Free TAFE policy will also address the gaps in our skills and training system, to break down the cost barrier and provide the skilled workforce Tasmanian businesses need.
"COVID-19 has forced all of us to reflect on what is truly important - health, family, freedom and jobs. And we need to ensure those priorities are reflected in our policies so we can rebuild a better and fairer Tasmania."
Rebecca White MP
Labor Leader
