Michael Ferguson,Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing
The Tasmanian Liberal Government set about rebooting the economy with a record construction blitz over two years, designed to support the building and construction sector, which employs around 20,000 Tasmanians and the wider economy.
So it was great to visit just one of the hundreds of construction sites across the State where improvements are being made for communities and Tasmanians are in work.
Upgrades for the Life Without Barriers’ respite care centre in Rocherlea has been funded through the State Government’s $70 million Public Buildings Maintenance Fund.
Our $1 million investment in Life Without Barriers’ facility has resulted in real outcomes for people with disability, and is part of our $15 million commitment to investing in public buildings in the North of the state.
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Madam Speaker,
In January last year I was honoured to receive the support of my colleagues to become the State’s 46th Premier and shortly after that, around 12 months to the day, coronavirus found its way to the Australian mainland and unfortunately to our shores as well.
We were faced with the probability of a significant health crisis if action wasn’t taken swiftly to protect our community, that action meant limiting people’s movements and closing businesses where people congregated, and sadly the impact on our economy was severe.
We banned cruise ships, closed our borders and we stayed home to save lives.
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