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11000 Days, 1000 reasons why Tasmania has changed for the better under a strong, stable majority Liberal Government

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The Hodgman Liberal Government

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1000 reasons why Tasmania has changedfor the better under a strong, stable majority Hodgman Liberal Government.




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Strong, stable majority Government – delivering certainty.1.

Message from the Premier

1000 Days, 1000 Reasons Why ....

Friday, 9 December 2016, marks 1000 days since the election of the Liberal Government. We are releasing a list of 1000 reasons why Tasmania is a better place now than it was before the election.

We came to office in March 2014 with a plan to deliver a brighter future for Tasmanians, and it is delivering positive results.

It’s a plan for economic growth and more jobs, and to get the budget back in balance so that we can deliver the services that Tasmanians need and deserve. We are delivering that plan, and also on our promise to provide a strong, stable, majority government.

We have kick-started an economy that was in recession, delivering three consecutive years of economic growth and our unemployment rate is down.

When we came into government we inherited a Budget from the previous Government with deficits of $1.1 billion. We have returned the Budget to surplus for the first time in six years.

This has allowed us to invest more into schools, hospitals, and in greater support for the most vulnerable in our community. There is no doubt that Tasmania has changed for the better since the election, but there is a lot more to do.

We know there are some people who are not yet feeling the benefits of the stronger economy, or record low elective surgery waiting lists, or an improved education system - which is why we’re committed to continuing to deliver our long-term Plan for a Brighter Future.

Will Hodgman MP | Premier of Tasmania


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Jobs and Economy ... Stats

2. More Tasmanians in jobs – 2500 more Tasmanians in full-time jobs.

3. Unemployment rate down– now 6.7%, down from 7.4% at the March 2014 election.

4. Fewer people in unemployment queues - 1900 fewer people in unemployment since election.

5. Fewer long-term unemployed – number of long-term unemployed (unemployed for 52 consecutive weeks or longer) fell by 2.7% in October 2016, on the previous year.

6. Youth unemployment down – fallen from 17.4% in the year to March 2014 to 16.1% in the year to October 2016.

7. Youth unemployment down significantly on North-West – down from 19.9% in the year to March 2014 to 12.2% in the year to October 2016.

8. More job vacancies - grew by 3.1% compared to October 2015.

9. Unemployment rate on North-West reduced – was 9.0% at election, now 5.8%

10. Economy growing for ten quarters in a row, 1.4% for 12 months to end of September 2016.

11. Economy continues to grow ahead of the 10 year average - Gross State Product rose 1.3% in 2015-16.

12. Consumers spending more - household consumption up 5.4% in the June 2016 quarter compared to the last quarter of previous Government.

13. Exports reach dizzying heights –up 8.7% in 12 months to September 2016, at $2.79b.

14. Tassie exports leading the nation – only State to register positive growth in year to September 2016, up 8.7% (rest of the country average 4.8% decrease).

15. Exports to China sky-rocketing - trade with China up 64.6% to $843m in past year.

16. Retail trade growth second best in the country – grew by 3.9% in 12 months to October 2016 (national 3.3%).

17. Retail trade breaking Tasmanian records – now above the half-billion dollar mark for six consecutive months.

18. Consecutive growth in retail trade - 24 consecutive months of growth recorded.

19. Population growing again – fastest growth rate in 4 years; up 0.2% in March 2016 to 518,478.

20. New motor vehicle sales at highest level since election - 20.7% higher than March 2014.

21. New vehicle sales highest growth in the country – grew 2.9% in month of October 2016, highest in nation. Sales increased by 13.6% in the year to end of October – nationally, just 1.5%.

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Jobs and Economy

22. More jobs through Northern Economic Stimulus Package – supports over 800 direct and indirect jobs and $100m in State/local infrastructure and $100m in private investment.

23. Local Government infrastructure to create local jobs - new $60m loan fund.

24. Driving regional jobs with Regional Revival Fund - 8 projects will create 95 direct jobs during investment phase and 170 ongoing positions, delivering $16.8m in investment.

25. Northern Cities Initiative - $90m State investment revitalising Launceston, Devonport & Burnie, $300m in infrastructure investment and 3000 construction and ongoing jobs.

26. More funding for communities to create jobs –$13.9m Community Infrastructure Fund.

27. Help to get private investment off ground – joint Tasmanian Jobs and Investment Fund unlocking 56 projects, $92m in total private sector investment and 770 new jobs.

28. More support for exporters – Government lobbying resulted in game-changing expansion of Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme.

29. Opening doors for investment – the State’s first TasInvest forum was held in 2014, showcasing more than $2b in investment opportunities to potential investors.

30. President Xi Jinping visit – strengthened relationship with China, now seeing results.

31. Taking Tasmania to the world – three trade missions to China, inaugural trade mission to India.

32. Showcasing Tasmanian produce – took renowned foodie show “Savour Tasmania” to Shanghai.

33. Signed Antarctic MOU with France – to highlight and promote Hobart as the French Antarctic Program’s “Antarctic Gateway”, supporting our local economy through the commercial provision of goods and services.

34. Mt Wellington Cable Car –Tasmanian Development Board is now reviewing the commercial merits of the project and the appropriate planning process to apply.

35. Joint Tasmanian Economic Council – working in partnership with industry and Federal Government to boost investment and jobs (e.g. TFES expansion).

36. Abolished TasWater new Headworks charges – underpinning an 83% increase in new applications and bringing forward development projects.

37. Sharing economy – legislated to allow ride-sharing for businesses like Uber to establish in Tasmania and create jobs.

38. Population growth strategy - $10m to boost population, early days but working.

39. Chasing jobs and investment - established the Department of State Growth, the Office of the Co-ordinator-General and appointed a Red Tape Reduction Coordinator, to deliver new investment, cut red tape and focus on sustained economic growth and jobs.

40. Improving Bell Bay’s marketability for business – Bell Bay Industrial Precinct Study.

41. Support for growth in the Meander Valley – with the launch of the Valley Central Prospectus to improve industry development.

42. Payroll tax rebate in first Budget and targeted payroll tax relief for job-creating projects.

43. Unsolicited bid framework – opening the door for investors to test unique proposals.


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Business and Small Business ... Stats

44. Business investing again – investment increased by nearly 12% since March 2014 election.

45. Business investing in infrastructure – up 48% since the March 2014 election.

46. Private new capital expenditure growing – up 1.8% compared to national 15.6% decrease in September 2016 quarter.

47. Business confidence equal highest in country in metro areas – for small and medium business.

48. Overall, business confidence second highest in country – for small and medium business.

49. Business confidence doubles since election - for small and medium business.

50. Small business most positive in country – Tasmania’s small and medium businesses have the most positive perceptions of the growth of the economy of any State or Territory.

51. Winning Government business - 87% of open procurement contracts went to Tasmanian business in September 2016 (up from 63% in last quarter of previous Government).

52. Millions in contracts - $53m in Government contracts were awarded to Tasmanian business in the first three months of 2016-17, from total of $55.3m open procurement contracts awarded.

Business and Small Business

53. Faster, fairer, simpler and cheaper planning scheme - single State-wide planning scheme will replace 29 separate schemes.

54. Planning portal - I-plan project will be one-stop-shop for builders and commercial developers.

55. Getting a share of big business – guaranteed Industry Participation Plan for the game-changing UTAS developments to ensure small to medium business participation.

56. Help for small business to be digitally ready -$800,000 Digital Ready for Business program, 1247 businesses involved.

57. Small business access to business advisers – through $2.6m Enterprise Centre Program.

58. Energy efficiency for small business - $10m interest free loan scheme for five years.

59. Cutting red tape for small business – Tasmania joined National Business Simplification Initiative.

60. Winning Government business - $200,000 to teach tendering basics through workshops.

61. Retailer Development - $240,000 for business health check and one-on-one business coaching.

62. Paying bills on time – direction to Government Departments to pay bills of $50,000 or less in 30 days or pay interest.

63. Keeping energy prices low for small business – prices fallen by 2.4% since State election.

64. Secured 240 jobs at Qantas – company has expanded and now employs 300 people in Tasmania.


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Business and Small Business

65. Securing jobs at Nyrstar – agreement to secure 600 direct jobs and 3500 indirect jobs, with $52m new investment (additional 125 jobs during construction) + 20 new jobs finalised.

66. 7-year hole in CBD filled with $100m Myer opening – commercial loan to get project off the ground.

67. Myer Stage II now underway –transforming Murray St with retail galleria and speciality shops.

68. $35m Mac One hotel – 113 rooms, 100 jobs in construction, 80 ongoing jobs, supported by abolishing TasWater new Headworks charges.

69. Kangaroo Bay –$45m boutique hotel and hospitality training school facilitated by Government.

70. Cutting red tape – released the Red Tape Audit Report, identifying more than 70 red tape matters the Government has fixed or is working on fixing.

71. Simplified registration of mobile food businesses – by amending the Food Act 2003 to enable State-wide registration.

72. Removed 114 Acts of Parliament from the books through the Redundant Legislation Repeal Bill.

73. Entrepreneurship – bringing in partners to create leading-edge Entrepreneurship and Incubation Hubs in the former Mercury building in Hobart, and also in Launceston.

74. Glebe Hill – 100 more houses brought forward after abolishing TasWater new Headworks charges.

75. New Market Expansion program - $230,000, offering financial rebates to Tasmanian exporters to offset the costs of marketing activities in international and national markets.

76. $22m Claremont residential precinct – 100 jobs in construction. Government working on next stage (hotel, bowling green, marina and visitor centre).

77. DP World – agreement with Tasports to progress international container terminal at Burnie.

78. Luring new business to Tasmania - $625,000 investment package to bring advanced manufacturing company One Atmosphere to Tasmania, $3.2m new facility, nearly 30 jobs.

79. Cadbury jobs - $3m investment to create more jobs, support from Government.

80. Flight training – secured a partnership which allows Indonesian students to receive flight training and experience by completing their qualifications with Par Avion.

81. Jobs growth at UXC – support over 5 years to secure existing jobs and create 50 new jobs.

82. New jobs at 180-year-old foundry at Youngtown – Government support to create 65 jobs.

83. New B School in Launceston – international business school bringing international students.

84. CH Smith development – Government loan of $9m to help facilitate project.

85. Winning bid to host international Antarctic meetings in 2020 –$100,000 to bring 850 delegates from over 40 countries, $6.4m benefit to economy.


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Infrastructure

86. $1.8b for job-creating infrastructure projects over next four years.

87. Midland Highway 10-year action plan – $500m to improve safety to minimum 3-star rating, improving travel times and creating hundreds of jobs.

88. Rail corridors secured – legislated for non-operational rail lines to be used as cycling trails, while securing the corridors for future strategic use, including rail.

89. Rail freight revitalisation - $119.6m project over four years to improve rail infrastructure, improving reliability, reducing the incidence of costly derailments and creating jobs.

90. New King Island shipping service – arranging a new King Island shipping service following the withdrawal of the existing shipper.

91. Flinders Island shipping service – secured service to the Island.

92. 100 new Metro fleet buses – $31m over 4 years, EOI seeking Tasmanian build/fit-out.

93. Burnie Port optimisation project - $12m project to build capacity for handling freight.

94. Devonport dredging - $7m project completed to ensure continued safe access to Port of Devonport.

95. Strahan Wharf project – $4.7m on wharf remediation for the benefit of local community and fishing industry.

96. Under-floor wheel lathe - $5.5m project at Burnie to improve efficiency of TasRail rolling stock, creating up to 35 jobs.

97. Bridgewater bridge – planning for new $535m four-lane bridge, to ease traffic bottleneck and improve freight efficiency, creating at least 200 jobs, anticipated start 2019-20.

98. Secure funding for replacement of Spirit of Tasmania ships – $80m in dividends to be locked away in Ship Replacement Fund with new ships to cater for continued increase in passengers and freight.

99. Freight capacity for the future – by setting new direction for TT-Line, the private sector has responded by increasing freight capacity.

100. SeaRoad - $110m investment into a new roll-on, roll-off freight vessel, increasing SeaRoad’s Bass Strait capacity by 50%.

101. Toll – $170m on two new ships between Burnie- Melbourne, increasing Toll’s Bass Strait capacity by 40% by 2018.

102. First direct international air freight link to China – taking fresh milk and exports direct to China.

103. TasPorts – $1.5m profit, first since 2010, revenue up 9.4% to $95m through increase in freight volumes.

104. Infrastructure Tasmania – established to ensure long-term, coordinated approach to infrastructure planning.

105. George Town rail freight terminal - $7m multi-modal facility for Bell Bay major industrial zone.

106. Revamped Launceston Airport - $3.5m project, showcase for Tasmanian products.

107. Under the TasPorts fleet replacement program, since 2014 more than $10m has been invested in new work boats, pilot vessels and tugs.

108. $5m resurfacing of Devonport airport completed, extending runway by 15 years.

109. Integrated Freight Strategy – guiding freight planning and investment across State.

110. Kimberley Rail Bridge: $3m in emergency repairs to restore rail services on Tasmania’s highest volume freight link between Burnie and Brighton, following the floods of early June 2016.


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The Budget

111. Surplus achieved – the 2015-16 Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report demonstrated the impact of good budget management, recording a surplus of $62m.

112. Budget surplus ahead of schedule – the surplus has been achieved four years ahead of schedule.

113. Budget in surplus – in 2016-17 the Budget has a forecast surplus of $77m, improving from a $201m deficit that was forecast in the Risks Report of 2014.

114. Budget gone from red to black – the $1.1b budget black-hole inherited at 2014 election from the previous Government has turned into a projected cumulative surplus over the forward estimates.

115. Net debt free compared to projected $400 million under the previous Government.

116. Wages policy at 2% to enable more investment in frontline services

117. Government spending down – Spending growth restrained to around the rate of inflation, compared to 4.9% per annum under last eight years of the previous Government.

118. No new taxes – no new taxes have been introduced.

119. Credit rating retained – Standard and Poor’s reaffirms AA+ credit rating and stable outlook – second highest rating. Tasmania ranked higher than WA, SA and on par with Queensland.

120. GST – successfully argued to maintain current distribution of GST, an important battle for our Budget and the principles of Federation.

121. $7.1b Tasmanian Superfund created – new Fund to manage over $7.1b for 165,000 Tasmanians, securing jobs and investment in the State.

122. Charter of Budget Responsibility – legislated to make it compulsory for fiscal sustainability reports to be prepared and released every five years, providing clear information on long-term sustainability of the State’s finances to help plan for the future.

123. Reinvesting in essential frontline services – 126 extra staff in the Tasmanian Health Services, 175 more in Education, 36 in Health and Human Services, and 60 in Justice.

124. Ministerial expenses down – Ministerial and staff travel costs down 6% on 2015.

125. Ministerial staffing down 12% from 83.2 FTE under previous Government to 73.8 FTE.


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Building, Construction and Housing ... Stats

126. Construction booming – increased by 31% in 2015-16 compared to 2012-13, the last full financial year of the previous Government.

127. Building starts booming - value of total building work commenced up by 23% compared to the previous year.

128. Pipeline of total building work strong – work yet to be done up 56% compared to previous year.

129. Non-residential building work doubles - nearly $1.9b worth, more than double a year ago.

130. Housing starts the best in country – number of housing finance commitments strongest in the nation in September 2016, and up more than 10% on previous year.

131. Value of housing finance growing – up more than 17% in September 2016, compared to previous year.

132. Housing approvals up – up 11% in year to October 2016 - 183 per month average (165 per month average under last year of previous Government).

133. Value of engineering work commenced surging – up 41.8% in year to June 2016 compared with last year of previous Government.

134. More engineering work in pipeline – value of work yet to be done up 37% in March 2016, compared with last quarter of the previous Government.

Building, Construction and Housing

135. Work for tradies, apprentices and Tasmanian business– the $689m RHH project to employ 300 tradespeople, including apprentices, plus indirect jobs. Trade packages for local business.

136. New nation-leading building laws – making approvals to build fairer, faster, simpler and cheaper by removing unnecessary regulation and red tape, biggest change in a decade.

137. Extended First Home Owner’s Grant doubled at $20,000 – generating around $175m in activity.

138. $90m world-class cultural and arts precinct in the heart of Hobart – Government partnership delivering a new Conservatorium of Music and research centre.

139. Parliament Square – $150m of economic activity and 400 jobs over all stages.

140. Devonport Living City Project - $250m in construction work, 600 jobs, 830 ongoing jobs.

141. $1.1m Service Tasmania-LINC in Glenorchy – integrating two vital local services.

142. Long-term plan for housing –Tasmanian Affordable Housing Strategy 2015-2025 released.

143. $73.5m funding for the four-year Action plan under the Affordable Housing Strategy

144. 900 new homes to be built and housing for 1600 vulnerable people in four years under Affordable Housing Strategy, with quarterly reports published.


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Building, Construction and Housing

145. 550 new jobs in building and construction + $235m in economic activity – in four years under Affordable Housing Strategy.

146. 119 supported accommodation beds for vulnerable youth, elderly and people living with a disability through the Affordable Housing Strategy.

147. 27 brand new homes to be built and jobs for local builders – under the $7.5m Private Developer Social Housing Grants

148. Community Housing Stock Leverage Program – to leverage over 150 properties in new social housing.

149. New housing units for older people in Launceston – 7 independent living units.

150. New affordable housing, Devonport – 23 serviced lots in the heart of Devonport, 120 jobs.

151. A new home for young people in Devonport –$7.5m supported accommodation for 25 young people, helping them re-engage with education, training or a job.

152. More help for young people in Launceston – an additional eight places at Thyne House, Launceston.

153. New housing units for older people, Somerset – building 6 independent living units.

154. More affordable housing, Kingston – 230 services residential lots for housing at Huntingfield.

155. A home for Dads and Kids - $2.5m for seven units and 12 beds in new facility.

156. 40 backyard units or “Youth Castles” to be built for young people to stay close to family home.

157. A new supported home for young people in the South –$14.2m Trinity Hill to help 46 vulnerable young people aged 16 to 25, including 16 living with a disability.

158. New dedicated Youth at Risk Response Centre – the $1.4m centre to help young people involved with Child Safety or Youth Justice.

159. Somerset land release – subdividing to release 15 lots for affordable housing.

160. A new disability group home in Devonport – will build a 4-bedroom group home plus carer.

161. Five new homes in Glenorchy, 10 jobs – under Private Developer Social Housing Grant program

162. Thirty inner-city units for elderly – enabling older Tasmanians to age at home.

163. Universal licensing for real estate agents – new scheme to streamline regulation of industry and increase portability of qualifications.

164. Make it easier for tenants – through the introduction of a new housing computer system that includes a tenant’s portal.

165. Increased consumer protections – for tenants and home buyers using real estate agents.

166. Reduced red tape in bushfire plans – ending costly duplication in bushfire-prone areas.

167. Help into home ownership – revamped Homeshare program has since helped 74 people on low-moderate incomes to own their own home.

168. Streets Ahead program – incentive program so that low to middle income Tasmanians can purchase Housing Tasmania dwellings.

169. More funding for maintenance of public housing – annual spending has increased, reducing the $90m maintenance backlog left by the previous Government.


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Tourism, Hospitality and Events ... Stats

170. More tourists arriving – to June 2016, tourists now 1.17m, up from 1.10m two years ago

171. Tourists spending more - visitor expenditure up 7% to $2.01b (first time past $2b).

172. Tourists staying longer – A total of 10.4m nights, up 9% from previous year.

173. More interstate tourists – We cracked over 1 million interstate tourists in a 12 month period in March 2016,and interstate visitors are staying an average 8 nights (up 4%), and spending $1.697b (up 7%) on the previous year.

174. More international tourists – up 15% in the 12 months to September 2016 to 228,500 – up from 199,100 in the 12 months to September 2015 - and spending is up 15% to $363m.

175. Leading the nation #1 - International visitor growth is 4% higher than the national average

176. Leading the nation #2 – Tasmania has taken top spot in the September 2016 quarter as most recommended Australian destination to visit.

177. Leading the nation #3 – Australia’s cosiest winter destination, as nominated and selected by the readers of Australian Traveller.

178. Leading the nation #4 – Roy Morgan Research finds Tasmania is the most popular travelling destination in Australia for restaurants food and wine; wildlife, scenery; gardens, parks; and museums.

179. Leading the nation #5 – growth in occupancy increased to 65.3% from 60.4% in past year, the biggest improvement of any State or Territory.

180. Contribution of tourism to economy increasing – tourism contributes $2.55b to the Tasmanian economy, representing 9.9% of GSP – highest in the country, pointing to robust visitor economy.

181. Regional benefit with outstanding occupancy rates – Average annual occupancy rates to year ending October 2016 are up 1.64% for Tasmania, up 1.34% in the North and up 2.44% in the North West.

182. Accommodation takings exceeds national growth –11% increase in takings (3.9% nationally)

183. More flights in and out of Tasmania – capacity grown by 173,658 new seats over past year.

184. Massive increase in TT-Line passengers – 27% increase over past year (now nearly 419,000 passengers compared to 330,000 in final year of previous Government).

185. TT-Line fares reduced – 13% reduction in average fare prices.

186. Strong financial results for TT-Line – after-tax profit of $18.8m, second highest achieved.

187. Forward bookings soaring on TT-Line – at November 2016, total bookings were up 7% on same time last year, equating to nearly 18,000 extra bookings.

188. Day sailings doubled – increased from 70 day sailings in the last full year of the previous Government (2012-13) to 140 sailings in 2016-17.

189. More cruise ships visiting –95 port calls confirmed for 2016-17 season, up 60% from 2015-16. That’s an extra 100,000 cruise ship visitors.

190. Regional areas sharing in tourism growth - visitors to the East Coast increased by 6%, visitors to the north increased by 3%, visitors to Cradle Coast increased by 4%.

191. 36% increase in passengers on West Coast Wilderness Railway – now 27,600 passengers, and revenue up 48%.

192. Launceston Airport growth – 300,000 interstate/overseas visitors, new record.

193. Devonport Airport growth – 11% increase in passengers since 2014, records broken in 2015-16.


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Tourism, Hospitality and Events

194. Tourism Tasmania established as stand-alone entity – empowering it to grow visitor economy.

195. Additional $4m a year in tourism marketing funding – to drive demand to the State.

196. Extra investment to lure domestic tourists – $5.8m for funding major domestic marketing campaigns.

197. $31m refurbishment of Spirits of Tasmania – make-over has transformed passenger experience, showcasing Tasmanian produce, with outstanding results in visitor numbers.

198. Five-year partnership with industry – the new Tourism 21 (T21) is updated every six-months on mutual goals of access, investment, developing capacity and creating demand.

199. Blueprint for tourism growth - Tasmanian Visitor Engagement Strategy is a first for Australia and sets actions to strengthen visitor experience and give tourists a hospitable welcome.

200. Tasmanian Events Strategy – to help Tasmania become Australia’s boutique events capital.

201. More international code-sharing agreements – new agreements with China Eastern, American Airlines and Singapore Airlines make it easier for international tourists to visit the State.

202. Code-share funding – $1.25m over two years to create more partnerships/ market state.

203. Free WIFI in 52 locations, with 169 access points – including key tourism hotspots, Port Arthur, the Hobart Waterfront, Salamanca, Launceston’s Seaport and Cradle Mountain.

204. Bigger cruise ships in Hobart – a $2.9m upgrade in Hobart will bring the biggest cruise liner, Ovation of the Seas, to Hobart for the first time, carrying 4180 passengers and 1500 crew.

205. Mooring dolphin brings cruise ships to Burnie - $1.5m spend to extend the maximum vessel to 315 metres will allow almost all cruise ships to berth at Burnie.

206. Promoting our Brand– $650,000 Brand Project to better understand our brand attributes and create consistency, so together we can promote it, making every Tasmanian an ambassador.

207. Cycling tourism taking off – developing Strategic Plan to meet increase in niche cycling market.

208. Regional tourism - $220,000 for Destination Action Plans in local communities, 32 already in the making or adopted by their community.

209. Showcasing produce–new investment in the Taste of Tasmania to ensure it reflects products from around the State.

210. New customer training - $300,000 Customer Service Training in Tourism and Hospitality.

211. Dark Mofo secure for five years – $2.1m a year for State’s most popular annual event, which returns $46m to economy in interstate and overseas visitation.

212. Ongoing funding for Targa Tasmania – event brings in $8m a year, and 2850 motor enthusiasts.

213. Cradle Mountain Master Plan – funding of up to $15m for a bold and exciting concept.

214. Upgrade to Cradle Mountain – to popular 6km Dove Lake Circuit, access roads and car parking.

215. New regional event funding – Government start-up funding for seven new regional events over next 3 years, to pump an extra $10m into local economies.

216. New Cradle Mountain Film Festival – one of seven new regional events.


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Tourism, Hospitality and Events

217. New Effervescence sparkling wine festival - one of seven new regional events.

218. New Gone Nuts Trail Run between Table Cape and The Nut, Stanley - one of seven new regional events.

219. Gordon River Visitor facilities - $250,000 provided to upgrade facilities.

220. Queenie Muster at Queenstown - one of seven new funded regional events.

221. Certainty for tourism – ruled out a Bruny Island landing tax, and will not support any tax or levy on tourism visitation anywhere else in the State.

222. King Island ‘s Ettrick Rocks - $1.4m new luxury accommodation, supported by Regional Revival Fund.

223. Hellyer’s Road Distillery - $1.01m investment supported by Regional Revival Fund, to expand with new bottling line.

224. Beer tourism – $250,000 investment to leverage tourism growth for established breweries and craft and micro-brewers with a Tasmanian Beer Trail to capitalise on emerging tourism niche.

225. Support for Unconformity - award-winning festival in Queenstown.

226. West Coast Experience Loan Fund – $500,000 in partnership with RACT to support new tourism products and create jobs.

227. First for Symmons Plains with dirt bikes –$175,000 funding for new event Rhythm X, making it the only Australian venue to offer a world class dirt supercross facility.

228. Steampunk Festival at George Town - one of seven new regional events.

229. V8 Supercar event secured with international standard track– $2m until 2019 to secure track upgrade and V8 Supercars event, bringing in thousands of visitors to Tasmania each year.

230. Great Eastern Drive – $6.3m to upgrade Australia’s next great coastal road trip.

231. Northern Blooming Tasmania Flower and Garden Show - one of seven new regional events.

232. Attracting more Business Events to Launceston – $150,000 extra funding per year to help attract more business events with an international focus.

233. Farm Gate Festival, Tamar Valley – one of seven new regional events.

234. Beaconsfield tourism support – funding to help with rectification works at Mine Heritage Museum, visited by 43,000 last year.

235. Tourism confidence securing investment– Fragrance Group proposes new multi-million dollar hotels and a conference centre.

236. New two-vessel Bruny Island ferry service – the two ferries now operate from November to March, providing an extra 327 car spaces per day.

237. New $45m hotel with Myer development – Intercontinental Hotels will establish a 187-room Crowne Plaza Hotel at Hobart’s Myer site, creating 130 new and ongoing jobs.

238. New Maria Island ferry service – year-round regular passenger ferry service to unlock tourism.

239. New 20-year contract for Bruny Island ferry – call for tenders post 2018.

240. Liffey Falls - $300,000 for access infrastructure.

241. $100m Federal Hotels upgrades – development plans announced for Wrest Point, Port Arthur and Country Club by Federal Hotels, creating hundreds of new jobs.

242. New Antarctic Festival – seed funding to support new biennial festival.


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243. More visitors to National Parks – numbers of tourists visiting a national park in 2015-16 was 39%, up from 33% in 2013-14.

244. More park revenue – gross revenue from park fees up 10% over 2 years to $13.85m.

245. Park passes up – 18% increase in revenue from sale of park passes – providing more than $1m extra for Parks to retain and reinvest in visitor services and park management.

246. More small businesses in National Parks –23% growth in number of licensed tourism operators.

247. Increase in Overland track bookings – forward bookings for 2016-17 up 6% on previous year.

248. New Three Capes Track an international success – bookings have exceeded 10,000 mark, gross revenue $3.3m in 10 months.

249. Cape Raoul underway – funding to upgrade Cape Raoul-Shipstern look-out tracks, 20 jobs.

250. Upgrading National Parks – $8m Priority Parks and Recreational funding to invest in tracks and upgrades to visitor facilities.

251. Introduction of online National Park passes - established online parks pass purchasing system, making it easier to purchase or renew Parks entry passes for visitors and Tasmanians, contributing to an 18% increase in revenue from the sale of Park passes.

252. Pedestrian bridge replaced - Enchanted Walk at Cradle Mountain.

253. Upgrade of walking tracks –The Nut, Stanley.

254. Upgrade of toilet facilities – Nelson Falls, Queenstown.

255. Repairs and maintenance – Eagles Eyrie facility at Maydena, funding of $219,000.

256. Upgrade of toilet facilities - Mathers Beach, Waterhouse in North-East Tasmania.

257. Planning for a new summit walking track - Ben Lomond.

258. Construction of a new viewing platform - Sumac Look-out, Tarkine Loop Road.

259. Weather-proofing, painting and heritage maintenance - Cape Bruny Lighthouse.

260. Upgrade of walking tracks - Strzelecki, Flinders Island.

261. Reducing red tape in parks – reducing need for overlapping or duplicate permits and licences.

262. Parks EOI process – delivering sensible developments in parks, attracting up to $70m in investment and up to 300 jobs.

263. Blue Derby Trail and Pods – one of successful EOI tenders, 8 full-time jobs, unique 3-day ride.

264. South-West Signature Experience – new purpose-built vessel for accommodation and exploring Port Davey-Bathurst Harbour, one of the successful EOI tenders.

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265. Freycinet Eco Retreat Walk – a guided walk in the Freycinet National Park.

266. Facilitating sensible and appropriate tourism developments – finalised amendments to the Freycinet and Narawntapu Management plans

267. Project Point – a remote trekking and water transport adventure tourism experience.

268. Visitor amenity upgrade, upgrade of access road and upgrade of campground and facilities and access road – Fortescue Bay.

269. Upgrade to amenities – Pirates Bay.

270. Replacement of day shelter – Mt Mawson.

271. Construction of new amenities – northern end of Wineglass Bay.

272. Bilingual ranger opportunities – increased intake of bilingual Discover Rangers to provide a quality experience for increasing number of Asian visitors, four new fix-term positions.

273. Trainee rangers - $666,000 for an additional two trainee rangers to support role of Aboriginal community in joint land management.

274. Cultural Values of Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - $800,000 over four years to help ensure the Aboriginal culture values of the TWWHA are recognised.

275. Conserving and promoting Maria Island – exploration of new management model by Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority.

276. Upgrading the South Coast Track - $2 m project to deliver a world-class walking experience.

277. Doubling capacity at Lake Tahune – new hut facilities and toilets on Frenchman’s Cap track.

278. Upgrade to Overland track – continued upgrades including tracks and huts, construction of new helipads and improvements to jetty, stabilisation and conservation at increasingly popular track.

279. Repairs to flood-damaged park infrastructure – additional funding of $14m for extensive repairs in national parks and tourism hotspots funding, including Marakoopa Caves, Meander Falls Road, Meander Falls Walking Track, Fortescue Bay boat ramp and jetty, and Warrawee Reserve.

280. 4WD tracks – pursuing commitment for appropriate recreational access to Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area in a way that ensure protection of its natural and heritage values.

281. Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area management – finalising an updated and contemporary management plan that provides full protection of the Area’s outstanding value for the next decade.

282. Parks 21 – landmark agreement to facilitate sustainable tourism and enhance the visitor experience in Tasmania’s parks and reserves – already resulting in greater tourism.

283. Maria Island Ferry Service – new, year-round, regular passenger and freight ferry service to Maria Island to help island fulfil its potential to be one of the state’s best tourism attractions.


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Environment

284. Stronger environmental management of salmon industry – stronger regulatory system, tougher penalties, re-introduction of demerit points.

285. Independent oversight of salmon industry – Environmental Protection Authority now oversees regulation and enforcement.

286. Climate change action plan – in final stages of completion, will outline framework for managing impacts of climate change and maximising climate advantage. Also commenced statutory review of the Climate Change Act.

287. Reducing litter and increasing recycling – instructed EPA to provide advice on container deposit scheme for Tasmania.

288. Nyrstar – partnership will jointly fund $10m groundwater remediation project.

289. Derwent Estuary Partnership – extended the agreement with partners to restore, promote and protect the Derwent Estuary.

290. Used Tyre Management – to reduce stock-piling, proposed regulatory changes and a tyre shredding facility opened in Bridgewater.

Heritage

291. Heritage Register Project – assessing integrity of entries on the Tasmanian Heritage Register to ensure all properties are eligible and meet registration criteria.

292. Woolmers and Brickendon - Woolmers and Brickendon – $1.752m towards new visitor centre that recognises estates as part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property.

293. Aboriginal Heritage Council – expanded and established as a permanent advisory group to ensure increased representation in the ongoing management of Aboriginal heritage in Tasmania.

294. Aboriginal Relics Act – legislating to improve protection and management of Aboriginal Heritage in Tasmania and remove inadequacies in the current legislation.

295. Record-breaking visitor numbers at Port Arthur – visitors increased in past year to 344,180. Day visitors increased by 13.2% and night visitors by 4.2%.

296. Cascades Female Factory – visitor numbers grew by 7.2% in the past year.

297. Port Arthur Visitor Centre – completed masterplan for the visitor centre redevelopment with work due to commence in January on a new facility to meet visitor growth over next 20 years.

298. Highfield House - $430,000 for the development of a commercial kitchen that will increase the site’s capabilities as a venue; essential works to conserve Chapel and Threshing Barn.

299. Heritage Works Guidelines – new guidelines released that outline the best practices to preserve historic heritage places entered on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.


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Wildlife

300. Bird and reptile imports – overly restrictive regulations for importing certain wildlife to the state have been revised and a new policy for wildlife imports is being finalised.

301. Saving the Tasmanian Devil – Wild Devil Recovery project is rebuilding wild devil populations in areas where devil facial tumour disease is present and vaccine trials are being undertaken.

302. Fallow Deer Management – length of the deer season has been extended and take increased for licensed hunters.

303. Orange Bellied Parrot – increased support for the recovery program of $300,000 per annum resulting in an increased number of birds bred in captivity to reinforce the wild population.

304. Swift Parrot – increased protection on Bruny Island by suspending forestry activities in State Forest and continuing collaborative approach to swift parrot conservation.

305. Animal Emblem – the Tasmanian Devil has been officially declared the State’s animal emblem.

Agriculture ... Stats

306. Greater value of agriculture – the value of agricultural production reached $1.438b in 2014/15 from $1.353b the previous year.

307. 15 month high for farmer confidence, despite recent challenging seasonal conditions.

308. More international exports of premium produce –up $35m to $612m.

309. More domestic exports – up $252m to $2.417b.

310. More tourists visiting local producers – up 13% on previous year, with 348,000 tourists visiting a local producer in 2015.

311. Record biosecurity seizures from TT-Line – in 19 months to September 2016, 30 tonnes of biosecurity risk seized offshore before coming into the State on Spirit of Tasmania ships.


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312. Grow, Make, Protect – released Tasmania’s Sustainable Agri-Food Plan 2016-18, comprehensive system for growing agriculture, food & seafood sectors.

313. Doubled water delivered through irrigation on previous season – All 10 of Tranche 1 irrigation schemes now fully operational – Tasmanian irrigation delivered 67,000 mega litres of water in 2016.

314. Expanding public-private irrigation partnerships - 5 proposed schemes in Tranche 2 in various stages of development with the Swan and Southern Highlands Schemes under construction.

315. Future Irrigation projects advanced - feasibility studies underway into another eight potential irrigation projects for a potential Tranche 3 Irrigation Program.

316. Turning great ideas into new enterprises – $20m Agri-Growth concessional loan scheme for farm and agri-food businesses, for diversification, value-adding and on-farm improvement.

317. Partnership for agricultural skills – partnership with TFGA and $450,000 investment to promote vocational training and education opportunities in agriculture.

318. Primary schools to primary industries – a new Agricultural Education Framework in the school curriculum is promoting learning and career pathways in agriculture.

319. Backing farmers – Good Neighbour Charter improving cooperation with farmers across Crown land boundaries, including fire management, planning, invasive species and property access.

320. Farm tourism backed - $450,000 towards $1m expansion of popular farm-stay, Curringa, Hamilton, to expand and meet demand.

321. Protecting our disease-free status – released contemporary new biosecurity legislative framework to replace seven existing Acts and modernise the way we regulate biosecurity.

322. Investing in biosecurity – additional funding of $6.9m for frontline biosecurity services and infrastructure.

323. Doubled biosecurity detector dog teams – now 12 teams, which significantly increases capacity to check airports, ports and mail centres.

324. Simplified quarantine procedures for passengers arriving in Tasmania on the Spirit of Tasmania.

325. New Truck Wash – building a new state-of-the-art hygiene facility at Powranna to clean livestock transport, improve biosecurity, reduce disease risk and improve road safety.

326. New biosecurity officer for King Island – a new full-time officer biosecurity officer on King Island to deliver border protection, weeds and animal welfare.

327. Wallaby management on King Island - $152,000 for a coordinator to develop a long-term management strategy to reduce damage by wallabies to crops and native vegetation.

328. Simplifying management of browsing animals – streamlined and extended crop protection permits from 12 months to five years for farmers to control wallabies and possums.

329. Stronger animal welfare – increased penalties for animal cruelty and increased the powers, accountability and professional standards of animal welfare officers.

330. More funding for agricultural research – $5m annual funding to Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture for research, development and extension, to leverage $72m total research portfolio.


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331. Precision farming - $530,000 collaborative project to demonstrate precision farming technologies to improve farming practices and productivity.

332. Wine productivity - $570,000 collaborative project to boost productivity, reduce grape variability and improve wine quality.

333. Vegetable productivity - $150,000 to investigate biofumigation to manage pests, weeds and disease in vegetable crops.

334. Poppy crop resilience - $680,000 collaborative projects to address poppy downie mildew disease.

335. Safe farming support officer – $435,000 Farming Safely in Tasmania program to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities in rural industries, and new Farming Safely Guide.

336. Farming businesses – additional $135,000 over 3 years to boost Rural Financial Counselling services administered by Rural Business Tasmania to farmers impacted by seasonal conditions.

337. Capacity building – supporting Rural Youth and Tasmanian Women in Agriculture to foster future leaders.

338. Rural community support - $1.57m over 3 years to Rural Alive and Well to continue its important outreach services to farmers and rural communities.

339. Farming families – provided an additional $185,000 to the Rural Relief Fund administered by Rural Business Tasmania.

340. Wool industry training – additional $300,000 for developing wool handling skills of shearers and farmhands.

341. Fodder– provided $44,000 to the TFGA to manage a fodder registry to help farmers access stock feed.

342. Giving farmers options – maintained access to 1080 as part of a farmer’s wallaby control toolkit and streamlined approval process.

343. Water for farming families first – new Ministerial policy on water management during Extreme Dry Conditions helping farmers to access licensed water for longer in drought.

344. Support in tough times – worked with the Australian Government to establish concessional loan schemes for farmers in the areas of Drought, Drought Recovery, and Dairy Recovery.

345. Dairy crisis support – worked in partnership with the industry-led Tasmanian dairy taskforce to respond to dairy price cuts, including reallocating $140,000 to DairyTas farm support programs

346. Helping farmers through devastating floods – stood beside farmers affected by floods, with range of supports, including transport subsidies, clean up grants, and extra Rural Relief Fund.

347. Repairing flood damaged rivers and farmland - $2m for an Agricultural Landscape Rehabilitation Scheme to rehabilitate land and stream systems.

348. Fruit Industry Development - $140,000 over 2 years to enable Fruit Growers to undertake industry and market development activities.

349. Fruit Market Facilitation – $130,000 collaborative Tasmanian Horticulture Market Growth Project for a facilitator to exploit new market opportunities for fruit and vegetable growers.

350. Industrial hemp opportunities – the new Industrial Hemp Act 2015 delivers simple regulation to support expansion of the Tasmanian industrial hemp industry.


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351. Easier to build a farm dam – new streamlined dam works approval process came into effect 1 January 2016.

352. Genetically modified organisms – extended the moratorium on the release of GMOs for 5 years and introduced annual scan of developments in technology, markets and community sentiment.

353. Fracking – introduced a 5-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for hydrocarobons to protect our fresh, safe and premium produce reputation.

354. International agricultural partnerships – MOU between University of Tasmania and Lincoln University in New Zealand to expand opportunities in cool climate agriculture research, development and education.

355. Global food security – secured agreement between UTAS and prestigious research foundation in India on a joint $2m project to develop a variety of salt-tolerant rice.

356. Downstream meat processing –$780,000 grant to JBS Australia to invest in critical

infrastructure at the State’s largest meat processing facility, Devonport Abattoir securing 90 jobs.

357. King Island meat – funded King Island Council to develop business case for a proposed King Island Multi Species Abattoir to explore potential to process cattle, sheep and wallaby.

358. Poppy industry competitiveness – Modernised the regulation of the poppy industry, strengthened Poppy Advisory and Control Board and streamlined the licensing.

359. Poppy industry support – scrapped the previous Government’s poppy tax by maintaining funding of $650,000 pa to fund work of the Poppy Advisory and Control Board.

360. Right to farm – simplified protections against frivolous or vexations nuisance lawsuits against farmers and included farm forestry in the Primary Industry Activities Protection Act.

361. Farm forestry development - $450,000 to Private Forests Tasmania and TFGA to encourage farm forestry and grower initiatives.

Aquaculture and Fisheries ... Stats

362. Growing jobs in aquaculture – now delivering 5200 jobs.

363. Seafood production – up 12% from $825m, from $736m the previous year,

364. Salmon production – up by $89m to $620m.


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Aquaculture and Fisheries

365. Fish Health Centre of Excellence – an additional $500,000 for the construction of the Fish Health Centre of Excellence at Mt Pleasant, opened in August 2015.

366. World Class Fisheries research - $2.605m per annum to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) for fisheries research, development and extension.

367. Fisheries management – development of a new $1.5m electronic system to maximise efficiencies for wild fisheries management, commercial and recreational licensing and quota monitoring.

368. Salmon Industry Research – an additional $500,000 to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies to expand salmon industry research.

369. POMS assistance package - $7.6m recovery package for Pacific Oyster Industry following an outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS).

370. Developmental fisheries – fisheries permits have been issued for developmental fisheries for Australian sardines, octopus and marine plants.

371. East Coast Rock Lobster Translocation Program – support for the translocation of slow-growing lobster from the south-west to the East Coast, to boost biomass and spawning in the area.

372. Shellfish quality assurance – Additional $200,000 to strengthen that the Tasmanian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program (TSQAP); $100,000 to review and modernise TSQAP with industry.

373. Seafood training Tasmania – funding training and qualifications in the fisheries sector through Seafood Training Tasmania (STT), supporting a skilled workforce and job creation.

374. World class salmon industry regulation – In July 2016 the environmental regulation of the salmon industry moved to independent Environmental Protection Authority.

375. Marine Farm planning assessment –independent assessment by Marine Farming Planning Review Panel of salmon farming at Okehampton Bay.

376. Tougher salmon environmental management –tougher penalties and demerit points meaning larger fines and potential loss of license for serious breaches of environmental controls.

377. Modern salmon regulation – introduced a new levy on salmon licences to help fund marine farm development.

378. Value adding - $1.5m in funding supported the expansion of the Huon Aquaculture Parramatta Creek processing facility.

379. No tackle tax – ruled out a licence fee for saltwater rod and line fishing in Tasmania.

380. Increased southern angling opportunities – Lake Dulverton at Oatlands developed as a destination trout fishery in partnership with Southern Midlands Council.

381. North West inland fisheries – permanent Inland Fisheries Officer based in Devonport to help protect local fisheries; a permanent Fisheries Officer based at Liawenee.

382. Improving trout anglers access - expanded Derwent Anglers Access Project with more sites developed for launching of canoes/float boats and improved riverbank access.

383. South Esk Anglers Project – new anglers access project underway.

384. Cutting red tape – issuing exemption orders to allow rock lobster fishers to traverse closed areas with baited pots on deck.

385. Moratorium on Marine Protected Areas – introduced a moratorium on any new Marine Protected Areas to provide certainty to industry.


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386. More students staying to Year 12 – the apparent retention rate in years 10 to 12 has increased from 70.1% in 2014 to 73.8% in 2015.

387. More students enrolling in extension schools – 57% increase in enrolments in first 12 schools extended to year 12.

388. More students attaining Tasmanian Certificate of Education – in 2015, there were 50.4% students attaining a TCE in Year 12 – up from 48.8% in 2014, and 47.8% in 2013.

389. Better NAPLAN results – 2016 results show Tasmania is moving closer to national average in 15 of 20 assessments.

390. Science and Maths improvement - year 8 student results in maths/science improving compared to 2011 results, now comparable to WA, SA and NSW.

Education

391. Record funding for education - $1.48b into education and training over next 4 years.

392. Funding full six years of Gonski – as pledged, Government committed full $134m over six years.

393. Biggest investment in school infrastructure in 20 years – $110m to upgrade Government school over 4 years.

394. More teachers –increase of 113.17 full-time teachers in 2015-16 to 4372.35, compared to 4259.18 in 2014-15.

395. Ensuring the best and brightest minds are inspiring students - $4.2m to develop the teaching workforce including graduate teacher places in Government schools and maths/science specialists.

396. More literacy and numeracy specialists – extra 25 specialists employed throughout Tasmania.

397. More high schools extended to year 12 – 30 high schools will be extended to year 12 by 2017.

398. Funding to extend to Year 12 - $45.5m extension program including innovative partnerships between colleges and high schools to give students choice.

399. New $17m program to help families learn together –Learning in Families Together (LIFT) supporting 80 schools with highest needs.

400. Historic reforms to education – the Education Bill is most significant transformation in education in half a century, and brings Tasmania into line with rest of the country.

401. Giving all children equal opportunity – education reforms will ensure every Tasmanian child has opportunity to access two years of quality, play-based early learning before starting school in Grade 1.

402. Additional $100m for schools, teachers and support staff – funding in the 5 years from 2018 to deliver on key education reforms including extra early childhood education.


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403. Extra week of employment per year for each Teacher Assistant – $4.4m in extra funding.

404. Targeting Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) in our schools – $11m for resourcing.

405. Reintroduction of school nurses – $5.8m for School Health Nurse Program. 20 FTE now employed, further 5 in 2017, working across 81 schools (program axed by previous Government)

406. Helping keep young people at school - $15m partnership with Beacon Foundation and Paul Ramsay Foundation to improve outcomes and retention to year 12.

407. New cutting edge equipment in TasTAFE – $3m to train a job-ready generation.

408. Helping most disadvantaged children – $1.6m partnership with Smith Family in rural-regional areas of Burnie, Wynyard and Launceston to work with families to improve school engagement.

409. Raising education standards – established the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, to research causes, implications and solutions for improving education in State.

410. More help for children with disability – $12m extra over 4 years to help ensure every Tasmanian student with disability can thrive, as a result of independent Ministerial Taskforce review into education for students with disability. All recommendations being implemented.

411. Teacher/support staff training to support disability – incentivised Family Partnership Training to assist school communities work together to create disability-ready and responsive schools.

412. Improving career education from K-12 – My Education helping students identify their subject choices and future options throughout their education journey.

413. Growing international education - $300,000 for strategy to use brand to build sector which contributes $164m to Tasman’s economy

414. Improving adult literacy – new 10 year plan for the 26TEN program including an additional $85,000 per annum.

415. Supporting employers to improve adult literacy - $600,000 provided to 13 employers across the State in 2016 to improve the literacy of their workforce.

416. Respectful relationships education program for all Tasmanian Government schools from K-12 on track for roll out in 2017.

417. Early childhood teachers – investing in Teacher Development – Early Childhood Specialist Initiative supports teachers with free Uni course to develop their skills and teaching practices.

418. Supporting vulnerable children and resilience in families – funding of $5.2m as part of $20.6m Redesign of Child Protection for earlier support at school or Child and Family Centres.

419. Better health in low socio-economic communities –$2m Student Health Initiative to set foundations of lifelong good health, helping students to make healthy lifestyle choices.

420. Removed threat of forced school closures – clear policy decision to provide certainty to schools.

421. Cyber bullying - $3m partnership with Alannah and Madeline Foundation.

422. Sexual assault awareness program for students through Bravehearts.

423. Children impacted by family violence – six new staff, including social workers and psychologists, in place at child and family centres at Bridgewater, East Devonport and Ravenswood.


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424. Education pathway to careers in primary industries - two new agricultural courses in schools, to be piloted in years 11 and 12

425. Hagley Farm School Centre for Agricultural Education - $500,000 to develop a centre of excellence and teaching resources.

426. Investing in play in the early years - $3m for new play-based early learning facilities in Tasmanian schools.

427. Dual enrolment for children with disability – a first, offering students formalised access to both mainstream and support schools to address individual learning needs.

428. Tackling unexplained school absences – conciliation conferencing and practical support for schools and parents to address continued non-attendance.

429. Strengthening Home schooling – recognising Home Education properly, in legislation, including allowing home-educated children the ability to partially enrol at school.

Schools - South

430. Autism support program, Lindisfarne North - $4m Autism Class Support Program, tailor-made learning spaces and specialised staff. Program extended to north and north-west in 2017.

431. Autism support program extended to Rose Bay High – from 2017.

432. New Town High School upgrade - $3.23m refurbishment completed.

433. Upgrade of Windermere Primary School – a $5.5m to construct more learning areas.

434. New classrooms at Austins Ferry Primary –$5.5m upgrade to help meet growth.

435. Lenah Valley Primary School upgraded –$3m will create new high quality learning areas and refurbish existing ones.

436. Hobart College upgraded –$2.5m.

437. Glenorchy Primary School upgraded –$3.5m will provide new general learning and administration areas.

438. South Hobart Primary School upgraded – $3.1m refurbishment will provide an upgrade to the library and general learning areas.

439. Montrose Bay High School upgrades –$5m project will provide for the redevelopment of the gymnasium and a number of general learning areas.

440. Montagu Bay Primary School upgraded –$1.8m upgrade will provide 21st Century learning spaces.

441. Snug Primary – $2.5m upgrade to help meet growth.


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442. Tasman District School –$4m upgrade will create new high quality learning areas and refurbish existing ones.

443. St Mary’s District School –$5m is to undertake a major redevelopment of the school including contemporary general learning areas, music and performing arts facilities.

444. Lauderdale Primary School - $1.5m has provided additional learning spaces, including dedicated early learning environments for Kindergarten.

445. Taroona High School - $2.1m has provided new general learning areas including new science and home economics facilities.

446. Derwent Valley school tele-conferencing - $100,000 to invest in modern teleconferencing facilities to link together schools in the Derwent Valley and make learning more accessible.

447. Waimea Heights – $760,000 has provided redeveloped 21st Century learning spaces

448. Rokeby High school - $1.5m has provided students with new contemporary science facilities.

449. Springfield Gardens –$600,000 has provided new general learning spaces.

450. Margate Primary School –$635,000 was provided to upgrade early learning areas.

451. Oatlands district –$500,000 upgrade to general learning areas provides more inclusive and engaging spaces for all students.

452. Woodbridge District High – $2m upgrade.

453. Southern Support School – $750,000 to upgrade general learning areas.

454. New Norfolk Primary School - $640,000 investment to build a new Early Years building to accommodate Kindergarten, and Launching into Learning Programs.

455. New Norfolk High School – $1.4m to develop 21st Century learning spaces.

456. Sorell School – $3.8m to upgrade general learning areas.

457. Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office - $3m to improve archives and heritage storage.


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458. East Launceston Primary School upgraded – $4.5m for new general learning spaces.

459. Riverside High School upgraded –$12m major investment to provide modern contemporary flexible learning environments for students.

460. Riverside Primary School - $2.5m capital investment to address capacity issues being experienced due to growing student numbers.

461. Queechy High School upgraded – $3m will provide contemporary learning areas.

462. Kings Meadows High School upgrades – $5m project will provide for the refurbishment of existing learning areas.

463. Prospect High School upgrades – $8.5m will provide for modern contemporary flexible learning environments and hospitality facilities.

464. Hagley Farm School – $100,000 to construct a new state of the art Centre of Excellence for agricultural studies.

465. Trevallyn Primary School – $850,000 will upgrade general learning areas.

466. Brooks High School - $7.3m has provided the school with contemporary learning areas and has resolved disability access issues throughout the school.

467. Northern Support School – $7.9m will refurbish the Ravenswood site providing contemporary learning environments for students.

468. Cressy District High School – $1.1m has upgraded general learning areas.

469. Deloraine Primary School - $850,000 to upgrade general learning areas.

470. Sheffield School – $500,000 upgrade to science facilities.

471. Big Picture School in Launceston – first stand-alone 9-12 Big Picture School with dedicated Principal as a five-year pilot to be assessed by Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment.

472. Scottsdale Trade Training Centre - $511,000 for construction of a new commercial teaching kitchen at the Scottsdale High School site.


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Schools - North-West

473. Somerset Primary School upgraded – $1.8m will upgrade general learning areas.

474. East Devonport Primary School upgraded – $1.8m will provide contemporary learning areas.

475. Latrobe High School upgraded –$10m project will provide modern and flexible learning environments including new visual and performing arts facilities as well as hospitality facilities and gym facilities.

476. Burnie LINC upgraded – $1m upgrade has modernised the library and information network facilities.

477. Parklands High School upgraded – $10.6m major reconstruction has provided students and teachers access to modern learning spaces.

478. Smithton High School upgraded – $7m upgrade will refurbish existing areas to provide flexible modern science facilities and visual and performing arts facilities.

479. North-West Support school relocation - $4.5m will allow for students to move to a new larger site providing students with modern learning environments.

480. Wynyard High School trade training rooms - $180,000 for the upgrade and refurbishment of the trades and manual arts rooms to provide modern facilities.

481. Devonport High School - $850,000 has provided an upgrade to the gymnasium.

482. Ulverstone Primary – $525,000 has upgraded the administration area and provided the school with an interactive library space.

483. Cooee Primary School – $500,000 redevelopment at Cooee Primary School offers students contemporary new learning spaces to enrich their education experience.

Skills and Training

484. $100m per annum investment in skills and training – helping more Tasmanians into work underpinned by a new Training and Workforce Development Strategy 2015-2020.

485. Essential skills for vocational students - $526,000 pilot on core skills for 5000 vocational students, including reading, writing, numeracy and problem-solving.

486. Support for people with acquired brain injury – help for re-entry into workforce with skills training and work experience.

487. Skills for youth at risk – TasTAFE specialist training in construction, hospitality and retail.

488. Training through Neighbourhood Houses – support for people in Beaconsfield, Ulverstone and Hobart’s Northern Suburbs.

489. Hospitality training for school leavers – help youth in the Kingborough area to get jobs in our growing hospitality sector.


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490. Boosting number of cooks and chefs – Join the Industry Program for Hospitality to increase the number of workers and fill local vacancies.

491. Work Readiness for Growth Industries - $900,000 to ensure Tasmanian employers have access to the skills they need to drive growth in our economy.

492. Agriculture Skills Development - $450,000 for TFGA to develop a workforce development plan for agriculture.

493. Supporting Small Business with Apprenticeships and Traineeships - $600,000 to make it easier for small business to take on apprentices and trainees.

494. Increasing literacy and numeracy for apprentices and trainees - $100,000 to provide specialised literacy and numeracy support for apprentices and trainees with small business.

495. Partnering with leading employers to deliver real job outcomes – TasTAFE and CSC jointly developed qualification in IT Support boosting local employment.

496. TasTAFE training infrastructure – an extra $3m for TasTAFE to provide cutting edge training facilities to Tasmanian students.

497. TasTAFE upskilling a job ready generation - more than 25,000 students enrolled in TasTAFE right now across 13 campuses and 370 different qualifications.

498. Innovative training opportunities – more than $450,000 for innovative new pilot projects to break the cycle of disadvantage and build regional economic capability.

499. Supporting learners to get the training they need - $3m for entry level training to enhance job prospects through the Career Start program.

500. Engaging with Growth Industries – forums held with strategic industry partners to tailor skills and workforce development to industry needs.

501. Helping vulnerable Tasmanians into work - $5m investment across 54 projects to get vulnerable youth and disadvantaged Tasmanians into work.

502. Improving digital literacy – TasTAFE campuses embracing innovation through new DigiLabs to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.

503. Tackling youth unemployment - $300,000 for Whitelion to help disadvantaged youth into work and further training.

504. Workforce development - $1.5m each year to build capability in leading industry sectors.

505. Investing in real skills for real jobs - $4.2m to provide 2400 training places for job seekers and existing workers.

506. Making Tasmanian business more competitive – investing in competitive systems and practices and lean manufacturing training for local employers.

507. Delivering employability skills in schools - $675,000 for the Beacon Foundation to deliver employability skills to disadvantaged students.

508. Boosting youth employment – TCCI work ready training for youth in Devonport, Launceston, Glenorchy, Hobart and Huon regions.


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Energy

509. Keeping prices down – electricity prices 2.4% lower today than at the March 2014 election (under previous Government, electricity prices rose by 65%).

510. Tasmanian electricity the “lowest” range in Australia – the 2016 Energy Prices Report confirms prices in Tasmania are in the low range Australia-wide for residential and business customers.

511. Keeping the lights on – the Government’s Energy Supply Plan worked to deliver energy security during the worst drought in recent history coupled with the longest Basslink outage.

512. Energy Security Taskforce – independent review into an energy security risk assessment, to identify ways to help future-proof Tasmania from energy challenges. Report due mid-2017.

513. Flinders island energy hub project - $12.88m project to displace more than 60% of island’s diesel-generated energy with solar/wind within two years.

514. Renewable Energy Target – secured an outcome to the benefit of major industrials and Hydro Tasmania.

515. Energy Strategy – a 20 year vision for restoring Tasmania’s energy advantage, ensuring energy is more affordable and positioning Tasmania for the future.

516. Hydro storages hit 40% for first time in 3 years - strategy to rebuild storages as buffer (previous Government lowered the prudent minimum water storage levels to 25%).

517. Feasibility into second Bass Strait interconnector – final report due 2017.

518. Support for No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) – subsidising purchase of new, energy-efficient appliances up to $3,000 by providing a rebate of up to 50% for low-income households.

519. Increase in electricity concession – increase of over 5% in electricity concession since elected, funding of $38m a year.

520. Helping Tasmanians invest in energy efficiency measures - $10m scheme offering five-year interest-free loans for households and small business, including heat pumps, double glazing, efficient wood heaters and solar.

521. Your Energy Support (YES) Scheme - $2m invested to provide support and flexible payment options for customers to manage their bills, helping more than 2000 a year.

522. Disconnections drop by a quarter to 1255 (down from 1680), bad debt write-offs have reduced by over 60%, and the number of complaints have also reduced.

523. King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project – supplementing diesel fuel with clean energy by using a combination of renewable and enabling technologies, reducing generation costs and carbon emissions.


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524. Elective surgery waiting lists the lowest ever - at June 2016, since records started 11 years ago.

525. Waiting list drop 30% - fewer Tasmanians waiting for elective surgery.

526. More Tasmanians having elective surgery – 19,000 received elective surgery in year to June 2016; that’s 3000 more than the annual average over the preceding five years, and the highest per capita rate for any state or territory.

527. Wait times reduced – a reduction of more than 400 days in average excess waiting time days for non-urgent patients.

528. More Tasmanians treated on time – more than halved the percentage of people waiting too long for surgery.

529. Elective surgery postponements / cancellations reduced – down 300, from 2910 in 2014-15 to 2605 in 2015-16.

530. Incidence of seclusion in mental health facilities improved – reduced from 437 in 2014-15 to 296 in 2015-16.

Frontline Health

531. More frontline health workers employed and fewer bureaucrats –over 200 FTE workers employed (including nurses, doctors, allied health, paramedics).

532. More nurses – an extra 140 FTE nurses at 30 June 2016 than two years prior in 2014.

533. More doctors – an extra 32.63 FTE doctors at 30 June 2016 than the previous year.

534. More allied health professionals – an extra 30 FTE at 30 June than the previous year.

535. More paramedics – a 9.79% increase in paramedics – up from 306.81 FTE to 340.13 at 30 June.

536. Recruiting more graduate nurses- 130 transition to practice places this year, with 135 to be offered in 2017, and 155 in 2018. This is up from 115 when we came to office.

537. Fewer double shifts – we have capped nursing shifts at 12 hours, with almost 650 fewer double shifts in the first six month of this year, and numbers continuing to be lower over winter.

538. More Hepatitis C nurses – a doubling of the number of Hepatitis C nurses, allowing twice as many people to be treated each year.


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539. Record funding for health - funding to health has topped $6.4b over a 4-year period.

540. Additional funding for health - an additional $50m for frontline health in our 2016-17 Budget.

541. Elective surgery funding - just over half-way through $76m record investment in Elective Surgery, which has opened two new theatres at the LGH and increased capacity at the RHH.

542. A long-term Plan for Tasmania’s Health System – the One Health System reforms are the result of most extensive consultation ever on health, to provide the best health system.

543. Three separate health systems amalgamated into one Tasmanian Health Service – from 1 July 2015, to reduce duplication and improve patient outcomes.

544. Patients First Plan - $5.4m in funding with 19 initiatives to ease pressure on Emergency Departments.

545. Single digital medical record across all Tasmanian hospitals in a national first – for patient safety.

546. Helipads being built across the State – infrastructure that will save lives.

547. Patient Transport - new arrangements for extended hours of Non-Emergency Patient Transport are now in place.

548. Major upgrade of existing Mobile Breast Screening Bus for women in other regional areas.

549. Upskilling frontline alcohol and other drug sector workers –In partnership with the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council, training sessions delivered to 250 frontline workers around Tasmania.

550. Establishing a Consultation Liaison service - Funding for two specialist consultation liaison positions in the North and North West.

551. Improved technology for cancer treatment - $490,000 for the development of supporting IT systems for cancer centres across the State.


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552. Radiology cancer treatment delivered for first time at the North West Regional Hospital –meaning 7500 fewer trips into Launceston each year for routine radiology treatment.

553. Refurbished Emergency Department in Burnie – significant capital works to extend/upgrade.

554. Mersey deal – fighting to provide certainty in seeking a 10 year funding deal for the hospital.

555. Mersey’s role as State’s first dedicated elective surgery centre –new important State-wide role, helping patients get their surgery sooner and freeing up beds in other parts of the state.

556. More surgery at Mersey - a record number of surgeries in 2015-16, and more than 1,500 Tasmanians have received at surgery or procedure at Mersey so far in 2016-17.

557. Better, safer care for mothers and babies –established a new integrated North West maternity service, modelled on expert advice, to improve safety for mothers and babies.

558. Expanded Antenatal and Postnatal care for North West Tasmania – boosted services at the Mersey and Burnie, providing better levels of midwife led outreach and home visits after birth.

559. Fewer Double shifts at the NWRH and Mersey – we have capped nursing shifts at 12 hours, with more than 14 fewer double shifts in the first six months of this year.

560. Helipad at the Mersey Community and North-West Regional Hospital - $1.4m.

561. New Ulverstone Drug Rehabilitation Centre - 12 new drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds from $4.8m in new funding in response to the Review of Drug Use in the North West.

562. Tasmania’s first subsidised Hospital Link bus service – making bus travel easier for hospital patients and public, operating between the Mersey and Burnie hospitals.

563. Healthy smiles for pregnant women – a new pilot program in the North West to improve oral health for expectant mothers and their babies.

564. New dedicated Mobile BreastScreen bus – a brand new purpose built bus was launched in January 2016 to provide vital screening services to women across the North West coast.

565. New Telehealth clinics in North-West to reduce patient travel and improve access to treatment.

566. King Island Hospital and Health Centre – funding of $112,000 for upgrade.


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567. Beds reopen at Launceston General Hospital Ward 4D – beds closed by the previous Government have been reopened.

568. New Community Rapid Response Service in Launceston – for Tasmanians with chronic disease, this service is saving patients and families hundreds of trips to hospital each year.

569. St Helens Hospital redevelopment - $8.1m has so far been committed to this important project, which will provide a modern base for health services in the region for the future.

570. The LGH has the additional capacity of two new surgical theatres – enabling significantly more surgery to be performed and halving the number of people waiting too long for care.

571. Upgrade of LGH Children’s Ward 4K – nearly $8m is being invested in the first major upgrade since 4K was built more than 30 years ago, including specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health facilities for first time.

572. Fewer Double shifts at the LGH – we have capped nursing shifts at 12 hours, with more than 330 fewer double shifts at the LGH the first six months of this year.

573. The LGH has a new Short Stay Surgical Unit - this new state-of-the art unit is helping record numbers of Tasmanians to get their elective surgery sooner.

574. New patient call system at LGH - $950,000 to improve care for patients.

575. LGH Allied Health Clinics - $3m is providing upgraded allied health facilities at the LGH, the first redevelopment more than 30 years, with a special care dental unit being established for the first time.

576. New Statewide Sexual Health Services Clinic, Launceston – funded a significant capital upgrade of the Northern clinic and provided an extra permanent doctor for the statewide service.

577. Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre – funding of $138,000 for upgrade.


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578. The Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment back on track –$689m redevelopment on track, with patients safely decanted and B-Block demolition to begin in early 2017.

579. Safe decant while construction gets underway – new 54-bed temporary inpatient facility will ensure safety of patients and staff during demolition and construction of new 10-storey K-Block.

580. Extra seven operating and procedure rooms in redeveloped RHH.

581. More hospital bed capacity at new RHH – redeveloped RHH will have capacity for 250 additional beds, increasing acute inpatient capacity in southern Tasmania by more than 35%.

582. Fewer Double shifts at the RHH – we have capped nursing shifts at 12 hours, with more than 300 fewer double shifts at the RHH the first six month of this year.

583. A helipad for the first time at the RHH – the installation of a $10.5m helipad on the roof of the new RHH inpatient facility will save lives. This was not in Labor’s hospital plan.

584. Improved RHH design – mental health – patients have been safely decanted from the Department of Psychiatry to the state-of-the-art J-Block inpatient facility, which is designed to ensure all patients have access to outdoor space and more privacy.

585. New $12m Hyperbaric Chamber for redeveloped RHH – the new RHH will also replace its ageing Hyperbaric Chamber. This was missing from the previous Government’s plan.

586. New Short Stay Surgery Unit at the RHH – providing better care post-operative care for patients who have had straightforward procedures, freeing up beds for people with more complex care.

587. Brand new health services, Glenorchy –new $21m Glenorchy Health Centre underway.

588. RHH pharmacy redevelopment – a $3.8m refurbishment, including an improved sterile pharmaceutical production facility to better support care for cancer patients, as well as dedicated facilities for the Jack Jumper Allergy Program.

589. Extending forensic medical examinations – RHH pilot project offering forensic evaluation and documentation of injuries in incidents of family violence

590. Kingston Health Centre - $5.9m to replace the existing Kingston Community Health Centre with a modern new health facility at a new site. Early design works for the project are underway and the land transfer is in progress.

591. Midlands Multi-Purpose Health Centre Upgrades - $50,000 investment brought forward to upgrade the bathrooms in the Celia Button Wing.

592. RHH oncology ward - as part of the RHH Redevelopment, the RHH Oncology ward has been redeveloped, providing a contemporary space for patients and features more single rooms, with greater patient privacy and space.

593. Secured Tasman health services – helped to facilitate a successful contract transfer to a new service provider, to secure health services on the Peninsula into the future.

594. New integrated trauma service for Tasmania – for the first time we have a state-wide trauma service, improving coordination-of-care and providing better patient outcomes for trauma transfers within and out of the state.


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Preventative Health

595. More funding for preventative health – extra $6.4m invested on top of the more than $70m already spent across Government.

596. Clear whole-of-Government strategic plan for preventative health – for the first time. Healthy Tasmania Five-Year Strategic Plan launched in July 2015.

597. Increased funding for anti-smoking social marketing - to reduce rates of tobacco smoking

598. Regulating the sale, use and promotion of e-cigarettes - to prevent re-normalisation of smoking and sale to children.

599. Informing people of the risks of obesity and promoting healthier choices - through bringing the nationally recognised LiveLighter campaign to Tasmania.

600. Fostering grassroots community health initiatives – through our $1.1m Healthy Tasmanian Communities Innovation Pool grants program.

601. Risk screening - encouraging Tasmanians of appropriate ages to have their heart disease and diabetes risk assessed.

602. Kick-starting heart health – annual funding of $50,000 per annum to the Heart Foundation’s Doorknock Appeal.

603. Stronger role for child health– the Child Health and Parenting Service is to become part of Tasmanian Health Service, increasing the service’s sustainability and providing an increased focus on developing healthy habits in the early years.

Mental Health

604. 10-year plan for mental health–Rethink Mental Health long-term plan for Mental Health 2015-2025 delivers a blueprint for a State-wide integrated mental health system for a decade.

605. Suicide Prevention strategies – first for Tasmania, with clear strategies for Suicide Prevention, Youth Suicide Prevention and Suicide Prevention Workforce Development and Training

606. Reorienting the Mental Health Facility at the RHH: $2.4m to reorient the Mental Health ward as part of the RHH Redevelopment, to improve care for patients through better design.

607. Child & adolescent mental health - $3.2m over four years for this historically under-funded service, to increase staffing and deliver improved services.

608. Implemented single session family consultations: These sessions commenced in September 2015, to enable families to access Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in a more timely manner.

609. Community Action Plans for suicide prevention- $20,000 in grants so that communities can implement suicide prevention initiatives under their Community Action Plans.

610. Training for discussing suicide responsibly – Mindframe training sessions delivered to promote responsible and appropriate discussion around suicide prevention, especially by media and MPs.


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Mental Health

611. Mental health funding – $3m in additional funding from 2016-17 to implement the Safe Wards model of care, and establish a peer workforce in public mental health services.

612. Rural Alive and Well –ongoing funding to support Rural Alive and Well’s important work in rural and regional communities.

613. Mental Health outreach services - $300,000 for the Grassroots Mental Health Support Project, delivered through Tasmania’s 35 Neighbourhood Houses, to equip workers, volunteers and families with the skills to better understand mental health.

614. Mental health advocacy –$100,000 per year to support Advocacy Tasmania’s work with vulnerable Tasmanians regarding mental health advocacy.

615. Early intervention suicide referral service –$600,000 per annum to deliver intensive psychosocial support and follow-up to people within 48 hours of referral.

616. Psychiatric Emergency Nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital – ensuring the continuation of these important positions through our Patients First investment.

Ambulance

617. Paramedics being paid more – paramedics have been given a 14% pay rise under a Work Value Claim in 2015, plus additional 2% annual salary increments.

618. Protecting paramedics from serious violence – legislating for mandatory minimum sentences for serious assaults against paramedics and launched a public campaign to promote the message that violence or threats towards paramedics is unacceptable.

619. Major spruce up for Launceston ambulance headquarters – invested $850,000 for capital upgrades to improve the main Launceston station.

620. Ambulance ramping significantly reduced – there’s been a 60% decrease in ramping at the RHH since the 2014 election.

621. New paramedic care in Launceston for the first time – a permanent First Intervention Vehicle and Extended Care Paramedic is now in service in Launceston.

622. First Intervention Vehicle and Extended Care Paramedics in the Southern region – to reduce emergency department admissions and preserve emergency ambulance response capacity.

623. New paramedic service for Oatlands – to service the Southern Midlands and Central Highlands areas and provide increased backup to surrounding areas such as Campbell Town.

624. Increased protection for paramedics in the field – provided new portable radio duress alarms for paramedics

625. More anti-occupational violence training – commissioned a new training program for paramedics, in partnership with Tasmania Police.

626. 12 new paramedics in the North West – based in Latrobe, designed to help get patients to the hospital best suited to meet their needs.

627. Increased community emergency response capacity – the Early Access to Defibrillation Program has resulted in nearly 700 community held devices registered.


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Police, Public Safety and Road Safety

628. More police on beat - police numbers up from 1120 to 1181, to reach 1233 by 2018 in line with election promise to put extra 113 police on front line (108 axed by previous Government).

629. Decrease in crime – 10% decrease in total offences recorded in 2015-16, including 23% drop in burglary offences, 13% drop in stealing, and 17% drop in motor vehicle theft.

630. Crime clear-up rates improve – increases in annual clear-up rate for crimes including serious crime, robbery, property offences, home burglary, business burglary, car theft and assault.

631. Reinstated Police Recruit courses axed by the previous Government – one course in 2014, two in 2015, three in 2016 and a further three projected for 2017.

632. Extra police for Family Violence – three additional police prosecutors and an extra five sworn Police in the new Safe Families Tasmania Coordination Unit.

633. Better protections for police from violence – new laws in place to protect police, with mandatory minimum sentences of six months jail for those who seriously assault police officers.

634. New Police Vessel – the brand new 23.95 metre $8.6m PV Cape Wickham will be commissioned by 30 June 2017.

635. New Police Housing –$5m to upgrade police housing state-wide.

636. Police Housing, West Coast – an additional $2m to refurbish 15 police housing properties on the West Coast.

637. Upgrades to Police stations - $2m upgrade to Police district headquarters, improvements to Hobart City Police Station, upgrades to Rokeby Academy and Launceston Police Station.

638. Historic new police response model agreed – a model to dispatch officers to ensure safest possible operational environment. Single officer responses virtually eliminated.

639. New unexplained wealth unit disrupting serious organised crime – investment in the Unexplained Wealth unit resulted in forfeited cash and assets valued at $1.14m in 2015-16.

640. Strengthening penalties for firearm offences – legislated to increase penalties for the theft of firearms and created new offence for possession of stolen firearms.

641. New motorcycles – $420,000 for new motorcycle fleet, providing a fast and versatile response.

642. Police and Citizen Youth Clubs – extra $250,000 a year to PCYCs, including Hobart, Bridgewater, Launceston, Burnie, Clarence, Longford, Queenstown, Swansea and at Rokeby Police Academy.

643. A new Police Officer and PCYC for Derwent Valley – $100,000 towards new centre in partnership with Council with a dedicated police officer appointed.

644. Vulnerable Road User Program - $2m over 4 years to improve safety and prevent road trauma focusing on protecting cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists.

645. Ride 2 School - $100,000 for pilot program for student Ride 2 School cycling safety program aimed to teach students bike safety skills, road rules and promote safe behaviours.

646. Learner Drive Mentor Program - $1.5m over 3 years for a community-led driver education/mentor program to help disadvantaged learner drivers get their licence and decrease incidence of unlicensed drivers.


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647. Flashing markers to warn of ice on roads – trialled innovative new pavement markers that warn motorists by flashing blue lights to indicate presence of ice along a section of the Huon Highway.

648. Minimum passing laws – major public education campaign “distance makes the difference” encouraging motorists to maintain minimum distances when passing cyclists.

649. New minimum passing laws legislation for passing cyclists – will be introduced in 2017.

650. Road Safety for tourists – new strategy aimed at three distinct groups – interstate motorcyclists, interstate drivers and international drivers, with range of initiatives.

651. A new contemporary emergency services dispatch system - $15.3m integrated Emergency Services Aided Dispatch (ESCAD) project to link all emergency services, including Ambulance, SES, Police and the Tasmanian Fire Service, to be ready by October 2017.

652. Better bushfire preparedness –$28.5m, 4-year investment increased fuel reduction burning. Since 2014, there have been 353 planned burn-offs completed, across 47,892 hectares of cross-tenure land, including forestry and parks.

653. Emergency Alert - $1.3m to assist in the provision of an emergency warning system, sending voice messages to landlines and text messages to mobile phones within a defined area.

654. New protective clothing for fire-fighters –$1m in world-class protective clothing.

655. Brand new fire trucks – $14m for 25 new state-of-the-art fire trucks; additional 70 to be rolled over the next four years, designed and made in Tasmania, replacing 30-year old tankers.

656. New facilities at Glamorgan/Spring Bay – the new building to house Tasmania Fire Service, the State Emergency Service and Ambulance Tasmania and volunteer rescue.

657. Aerial fire-fighting fleet – Federal/State Government funding for 7 new aircraft resources to boost Tasmania’s fire-fighting capacity through the National Aerial Firefighting Centre.

658. State Emergency Service, transition to the State Fire Commission - $3.4m to support.

659. Support for Volunteer Marine Rescue - $200,000 for volunteer units to provide critical inland, inshore and offshore search and rescue services in Tasmania.

660. Bushfire research - $250,000 to investigate the impact of climate change on future bushfire risk in Tasmania’s wilderness world heritage area and appropriate firefighting responses.

661. Modernising maps and geographic information – suite of new digital TASMAP products for emergency planning and response, agriculture, forestry and bushwalkers.

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Justice and Crime

662. More legal services for Tasmanians – increased state funding to the Legal Aid Commission and Community Legal Centres, resulting in LAC delivering 42,714 legal services in 2015-16.

663. Prohibited people from carrying knives in public – no longer will people be able to carry knives without a lawful excuse, reducing the likelihood of serious injury and death.

664. Progressively phasing out suspended sentences and introduce alternative sentencing options.

665. New drug treatment orders – an alternative sentencing option to reduce drug-related crime and re-offending.

666. New deferred sentencing – alternative sentencing option so that an offender is accountable for demonstrating efforts to rehabilitate.

667. Introduction of early pregnancy loss recognition certificates – for parents to memorialise the loss of a baby before 20 weeks gestation, or if the baby weighed less than 400 grams.

668. New right of appeal provisions – to provide persons with a right to appeal if fresh and compelling evidence emerges.

669. Fixed term appointments and consistent tenure for DPP and Solicitor-General – bringing us into line with the majority of other Australian jurisdictions.

670. Online sentencing database, prepared by the Sentencing Advisory Council – to improve transparency by making Magistrates Court outcomes more accessible to the general public.

671. New enhanced duty lawyer services – to provide better access to justice for Tasmanians.

672. New dedicated legal services for family violence – $600,000 delivered to Legal Aid Commission and Community Legal Centres to fund dedicated family violence legal assistance, including $200,000 to Women’s Legal Service to establish a family violence legal service in Launceston.

673. Strengthening the legislative framework for family violence – commenced further reforms to give greater protections to victims and ensure offenders are held to account.

674. Legislated to include Tasmania in a nationally consistent scheme of Family Violence Orders – to provide greater protection for victims fleeing family violence.

675. Extending legal assistance to people experiencing family violence through community legal centres around the State.

676. Supreme Court upgrades – an additional $930,000 in funding to improve the level of security at Court facilities across the State.

677. Extra court security - $120,000 pa to employ extra security staff to ensure the safety of judges, court staff, legal practitioners, witness and the general public.

678. Fines without convictions – A new sentencing option giving courts the option to issue a fine even when no conviction is recorded. Part of our plan to phase out suspended sentences.

679. Commenced reforms to address racially motivated crime – to provide that courts must consider crimes motivated by racial hatred as particularly serious.


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680. Provided greater protection for frontline workers – by introducing mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for serious assaults on frontline workers.

681. Amendment to the law to provide separate Victims of Crime payments for the funerals for victims of crime – to help grieving families deal with their tragic loss.

682. Desecration of a War Memorial - created a specific crime of desecrating a war memorial.

683. Supreme Court Amendment (Judges) Bill 2016 – to enable the appointment of part-time acting judges to be remunerated on a part-time basis.

Correctional Services

684. More correctional funding – funding increased from $52.5m in 2014-15 to $56.1m.

685. More correctional staff – a net increase in correctional staff (from 288 in March 2014 to 327 current staffing).

686. Dedicated Alcohol and Drug treatment – the Apsley Unit has commenced operations in the Tasmania Prison Service.

687. Prison overtime under control - Overtime is trending down overall, through amendments to staff structures and comprehensive absence management systems.

688. Custodial Inspector of Prisons – $575,000 and legislation passed to establish an independent Custodial Inspector within the Office of the Ombudsman, a first for Tasmania.

689. Victims of crime representative on the Parole Board appointed - Members with experience and knowledge in victim services and advocacy have joined the Parole Board as a first.

690. Sex offender treatment – requiring appropriate in-prison sex offender treatment to be taken into consideration in parole and remission decisions.

691. Upgrading security at Ron Barwick - $693,000 in additional funding to upgrade the electronic security systems within Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison.

692. Upgrading the Women’s Prison - $4.7m for Mary Hutchinson Women’s Prison, including increasing capacity by 20 beds and more staffing.

693. Upgrade of security at Women’s Prison - $2m to upgrade electronic security system.

694. Breaking the cycle – new Strategic Plan outlining clear goals to help people in contact with corrections system to get their lives back on track through support and intervention.


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Child Safety and Families

695. New $20.6m investment into child protection – additional funding and blueprint for redesign of child protection to improve lives of vulnerable young people and their families.

696. Child protection information system upgrade - to make it easier for staff to do their job.

697. Extra 31 child safety staff – staff to be recruited over next two years as part of re-investment.

698. Reduced vacancies in child protection – removed recruitment barriers and sped up appointments to improve staff retention.

699. Mandatory jail for serious sexual offences against children – legislating for minimum mandatory jail terms for perpetrators who commit serious sexual offences against children.

700. Making it easier for victims of child abuse to seek damages – legislating to abolish limitation period on civil claims for damages for victims of child sexual and physical abuse.

701. No excuses for child sex offenders – legislation preventing an offender’s good character or lack of prior convictions to be taken into account in cases of serious child sex offences.

702. Making children safer – over 36,000 Tasmanians who work with children have had the Working with Vulnerable People check.

703. Stronger oversight – strengthened the role of the Commissioner for Children and Young People, expanded functions, extended powers and tenure and improved independence.

704. Better advocacy for parents – a new advocacy service to support and provide advice to parents and families involved with Child Safety Services.

705. Learning from tragedy – established the State’s first independent process to review Child Death and Serious Injury, bringing Tasmania into line with other States.

706. Protecting vulnerable babies and infants –State’s first Vulnerable Babies & Infants Strategy to improve outcomes and provide earlier oversight of unborn and young babies.

707. Evidence from children – legislating to make it easier for a child victim of family violence to be classified as a special witness to enable video or audio evidence, instead of court appearance.

708. Keeping families together – $220,000 per annum for short-term preventative respite nights across the State, providing 400 respite nights each year, for families in crisis.

709. New support for children with problem sexualised behaviour – $94,000 pilot underway.

710. Additional counselling services for children experiencing family violence – additional $3m allocated to counselling for children and young people.

711. Family support - $500,000 over four years to the Kentish Family Support Centre to deliver a range of important services to families and the broader community.

712. Ensuring sexual offenders are appropriately sentenced for their crimes – by providing a list of aggravating factors the court must take into account.


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Youth at Risk

713. Breaking the cycle of crime for young people –$600,000 per annum to Save the Children to support young people on bail and to transition from detention.

714. Helping young people at risk into jobs – $100,000 per annum to Whitelion to support up to 220 at risk young people become job-ready or find jobs.

715. Helping young offenders to get back on track – new $1.5m Back on Track program is a best practice intervention program to lead young offenders aged 18-25 away from crime.

716. Pathways to work for Youth at Risk – $2.6m as part of $5m Training and Pathways Program includes targeted help for Youth at Risk, to transition young out of criminal justice system.

717. Ashley Youth Detention Centre – $300,000 for change management process to introduce trauma-informed care and therapeutic model, including training for youth workers.

718. Youth at Risk strategy - $200,000 to develop a contemporary model of youth justice and custodial youth detention in Tasmania.

719. Specialist Youth Justice Courts - $700,000 p.a. for an additional officer to expand the Specialist Youth Justice Court program to the North, focusing on rehabilitation and early intervention.

Family Violence

720. Family Violence Action Plan – Tasmania’s first comprehensive cross-Agency action strategy to combat family violence, the Safe Homes, Safe Families Family Violence Action Plan 2015-2020.

721. Significant increase in family violence funding – an additional $26m to fund over 19 actions in the Safe Homes, Safe Families action plan.

722. Established Safe Families Coordination Unit – $8m flagship of the Action Plan, bringing agencies together to protect families experiencing violence, and hold perpetrators to account.

723. Safe Choices established – early intervention advice and referral for those wanting to exit violent relationships.

724. Changing attitudes – funding support for the national campaign “Let’s stop it at the start” to reduce violence against women and their children.

725. Drive change in our workplaces – rolling out White Ribbon Workplace Accreditation Program across Government agencies, three agencies now accredited.

726. Family Violence leave – supporting employees impacted by family violence by providing public servants 10 days leave per annum, non-cumulative.

727. Protecting pregnant women from assault – legislating to provide a separate aggravating sentence provision of up to two years jail when a pregnant woman is assaulted.


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728. Protecting victims of family violence –legislating to allow a family violence victim to be registered, given information about a prisoner’s location and progress in the prison system.

729. Additional counselling services for adults experiencing family violence under the Safe Homes, Safe Families action plan.

730. Making women safer from repeat family violence offenders – the Government will legislate to record a family violence offence on a person’s criminal record, making it clearer for prosecutors, courts and corrective services when an offender has a pattern of family violence offending.

731. More funding for women’s legal services – the Government is providing an additional $200,000 for on-the-ground legal support for people in the North and North-East dealing with Family violence, with the Women’s Legal Service establishing a specialist presence in Launceston.

732. Rapid re-housing for women fleeing family violence - progressively establishing a pool of 50 rental properties to enable victims to move out of crisis accommodation into secure housing.

733. New Women’s crisis shelter – dedicated crisis accommodation in Hobart to allow for a 30% increase in capacity (from 47 beds to an estimated 70 beds).

Women

734. Appointed Tasmania’s first female Governor – Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AM.

735. Appointed Tasmania’s first female Speaker of the House of Assembly – the Honourable Elise Archer MP.

736. First Tasmanian Women on Boards strategy – with target of 50% representation by 2020.

737. Increasing women on Boards – representation increased from 33.8% in 2015 to 39.4% in 2016, - 59.2% of all new appointments being women.

738. Introduced scholarships for women to increase the number of women on Boards, through a partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

739. More women in Parliament – set a target of 50% representation of women by 2022, to encourage more women to become Members of Parliament.

740. Banning offensive and misogynist Wicked

Campers – the Government will legislate to ban, from Tasmanian roads vehicles that display offensive material that does not meet appropriate advertising standards.

741. Support for new mum MPs in Parliament – supported changes by the Speaker, Elise Archer, for new Standing Orders to enable female MPs to nurse their children in the Chamber and entitle them to 12 weeks maternity leave.

742. Opportunity for Tassie female AFL players – under the Government’s agreement with North Melbourne and the AFL, a State Academy is now recruiting under 18 female football talent.

743. Gender equity in the public service – commitment of all Heads of Agency to improve gender diversity and ensure at least 40% of Senior Executives are women by 2020.

744. Tasmanian Women’s Plan 2013-2018 – ensuring Government policies and services are responsive to the need of women and girls, representative of their views and reduce barriers to participation.


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People with Disability

745. Support for life-changing NDIS reforms – strong support for the full roll-out of the NDIS in Tasmania and the benefits this will bring to people with disability.

746. Historic investment in the NDIS and people with disability – the Government has backed its commitment to the NDIS with funding of $572m over the next four years.

747. Helping more people with disability into a job – contribution towards JobsABILITY project, to raise awareness in business community on the benefits of employing people with disability.

748. NDIS safety net – providing a transport safety net for NDIS trial participants, for those who have exhausted all their NDIS support funding.

749. Supporting Physical Disability Sports Tasmania – assisting Tasmanians with physical disabilities to participate in sport.

750. Additional support for people living with disability – invested an additional $500,000 per annum for 4 years to provide additional support to those living with disability until full roll-out.

751. Job-ready disability workforce - provided $250,000 to National Disability Services (NDS) to ensure a job-ready workforce for the NDIS.

752. Rowallan Park– provided funding for Rowallan Park, an integrated community facility providing supported accommodation for people living with disability.

753. Autism continuum of care - the Government has provided $1m to create a long-term strategy for improved care for people with Autism, including the introduction of the Rethink Autism web-based program.

754. Training funds – funding under the Skills Fund Demand Led program to help disability providers to train disability staff to support a range of new skills for people with disability.

Cost of Living

755. Power prices down (2.4% lower than at March 2014 election).

756. Electricity concessions up 5% (under previous Government, electricity prices rose by 65%).

757. MAIB – a 7.5% reduction in premiums for a standard motor car, reflected in lower rego prices, with pensioners still eligible for a further 20% discount on their MAIB premiums – Tasmanian premiums now the lowest in Australia.

758. Maintaining concessions - $300m per year in concessions, an additional $9m per year to cover shortfall from Federal Government.

759. Water and sewerage concessions – available to eligible low income earners and pensioners.

760. Medical concessions for heating and cooling – implemented a Medical Heating concession to expand on the current Medical Cooling concession, to help people with health conditions to manage their condition.

761. Significantly reducing Public Trustee fees for low income clients – bringing Tasmania from the highest charging jurisdiction to among the lowest, by extra Government funding of $250,000 pa.


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Forestry

762. Resource security for industry – ended the lock-ups by tearing up the Tasmanian Forest Agreement after 4300 forest jobs were destroyed by the previous Government.

763. Clear plan to grow Forest Industry –by establishing a production forest wood bank to deliver resource security, financial sustainability and job security.

764. Ended taxpayer subsidies for Forestry Tasmania’s commercial operations – in favour of growing the industry, instead of shutting it down.

765. Growing production – more than 4.4m m3 of wood fibre, up 27%.

766. Growing exports – wood products exports through TasPorts, up 24%.

767. Growing jobs – 3,600 Tasmanians employed directly in forestry, up 33%.

768. Southern residues solution – commercial contracts with Les Walkden, Majestic timbers

769. Value adding and jobs – $250,000 for wood pellet plant feasibility study to confirm $115-145m investment, 55 new jobs.

770. Native forest certification – SmartFibre/SFM partnership to deliver $3m investment, Tasmania’s first native forest exports carrying full FSC certification.

771. Growing confidence - $1.3m investment by Neville Smith Forest Products in Mowbray pellet plant and garden stakes at Southwood.

772. Special timbers access to the public forest wood bank for selective harvesting from October 2017, delivering resource security to workers.

773. Forestry Tasmania certification – Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Controlled Wood certification for plantation operations.

774. Renewable energy with biomass– supporting industry to develop commercial proposals to enable biomass to take its place in our renewable energy future.

775. Smithton processing and jobs - $16m investment in new plywood plant to value add to rotary peeled veneers and create up to 120 jobs at full production.

776. Westbury revival – $200,000 Regional Revival Fund grant for FH Management to expand production of sustainable building panels.

777. Hampshire mill - $10m investment by Forico to process certified plantation fibre for export to Asia.

778. Private forest harvest - up almost 50% to just under 3m tonnes, highest level for 8 years.

779. Strategic Growth Plan – road map to resource security, financial sustainability and job security.

780. Innovation program - $1.25m to help 13 successful applicants deliver new commercial opportunities for wood and fibre processing in Tasmania.

781. Thick veneer – $100,000 grant to help Howard Heritage Furniture multiply the value of special species timbers up to four times.

782. Bio-chemicals - $1.5m for Norske Skog commercial demonstration plant to produce a wood-based non-toxic alternative to solvents currently in use in pharmaceutical and agrichemical markets.

783. Wood encouragement policy - first commitment by Government to encourage use of timber and timber products in public projects.


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784. Workplace security – established Australia’s strongest laws against workplace invasion by radical protesters.

785. Growing our markets – $500,000 to grow and expand markets for Tasmanian wood products, dollar for dollar with industry.

786. Regional Forest Agreement - 20-year rolling extension to provide certainty for industry, workers and regional communities.

787. Salvaging iconic timbers, Hydrowood –timber salvaged from Hydro lakes to support our special timbers and tourism sectors.

788. Research - $2m for Launceston hub of new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation.

789. Funding for repair works on the Lake River Road - $83,000 to Forestry Tasmania to repair access to Big Den hunting area for deer shooters under the Big Den game management plan.

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Mining

790. Pybar Mining Services is reopening the Henty gold mine near Queenstown – creating 90 jobs with more to come.

791. Mining exploration is on the up – with Tasmania maintaining our share of Australian activity as world commodities recover after a steep fall following the end of the mining boom.

792. More than $5m in additional funding for Mineral Resources Tasmania – supporting an industry that employs about 3000 Tasmanians.

793. A $25m assistance package for the Mt Lyell mine – to give it every opportunity to reopen when the world copper price improves.

794. MRT relocation to Burnie on track – 10 staff are now based in Tasmanian mining’s hub, where they can better serve the industry.

795. $1.4m for a new Geoscience Initiative Program – helping to make the State more competitive for investment in mineral exploration.

796. Renewed interest in establishing new mines – companies such as Stellar Resources are working to progress mining projects.

797. Avebury mine sale announced – in a further boost in confidence, MMG is progressing the sale of the Avebury nickel mine near Zeehan.

798. Promoting mining opportunities in Tasmania to the world – through our Mineral Exploration Investment Attraction Plan.

799. Quickly reopened the Melba Line – restoring this critical rail corridor for the mining industry after floods caused widespread damage.


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ICT and Innovation

800. TasICT Generations Project – engaging with students in grades 7 to 12 to address skill shortages in STEM.

801. Launceston leading nation with new IT network – $100,000 to enable Launceston to be the first city in Australia to be covered by an Internet of Things (IoT) network.

802. West Coast NBN – partnering with the Commonwealth and NBN to bring superfast broadband to the West Coast.

803. Enterprize Centres –new innovative start-up community with Enterprize hubs in Hobart and Launceston, providing resources and support to accelerate students, innovators and entrepreneurs.

804. Data Centre Action Strategy – Delivering on our promise to attract a tier-III data centre with the planned $40m Red Cloud facility.

805. Support for IT careers – partnering with TasICT and the local IT industry with the IT@Work and IT’s Your Career programs.

806. Inaugural STEM Awards – recognising our best and brightest scientists, organisations and teachers and helping inspire the next generation.

807. Magistrates Court upgrade - $500,000 for a comprehensive hardware and software upgrade of the digital audio recording system.

808. Open data – Increased support for hack events such as GovHack to promote the open data agenda and start-ups.

809. Code Club – Getting primary-age students involved in STEM and programming, now with more than 90 clubs State-wide.

810. The Tasmanian Cloud – improving Government efficiency and services by consolidating data in secure on-island data centres.

811. Sense-T – increasing our knowledge and advantages in key sectors through sensors and big data.

812. Fixing mobile blackspots on the West Coast – successfully bid for new mobile tower at Temma to provide life-saving telecommunications services for hundreds.

813. Marine Observing System – contributing $50,000 towards a world-leading oceanic research and innovation hub gathering invaluable coastal and ocean data.

814. Fixing mobile blackspots on the East Coast – successfully bid for $350,000 in funding to improve telecommunications in remote and regional areas.


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815. Exports growing in overseas merchandise – up 7.6% to $2.79b in year to August 2018.

816. Growth Voucher System –helping business develop skills in workforce, adopt cutting-edge technology and become stronger.

817. Supporting ex-Caterpillar workers to find new jobs – $3m funding to support north-west jobs and advanced manufacturing, recommendation of Caterpillar Transition Taskforce and part of Tasmania’s first Advanced Manufacturing strategy developed by industry.

818. 156 new jobs in advanced manufacturing – funding to leverage nearly $10m in private investment to fast-track 156 new jobs through the Advanced Manufacturing Transition Fund.

819. State-wide manufacturing industry association – funded as No. 1 priority at Advanced Manufacturing Summit in Burnie in 2015.

820. Training for redundant Caterpillar workers - $90,000 project with University of Tasmania.

821. Ready for bidding in defence - $125,000 to help Tasmanian firms develop skills to promote defence capabilities and attract defence investment as part of Tasmania’s first Defence Industry Strategy.

822. Market Expansion program - $200,000 in targeted assistance to help Tasmanian manufacturers establish interstate and international markets.

823. Manufacturing Centre of Excellence – $400,000 to establish this industry-led initiative which will focus on innovation, research, collaboration and improvement – to support the sector along the path to global competitiveness.

Advanced Manufacturing and Defence

Roads and Traffic Management

824. Road and Bridge Total Investment - $656m from 2016-17 to address vital infrastructure needs and to support our growing economy with jobs in the civil construction sector.

825. Combating congestion – Government accepted all short-term recommendations of the Hobart Congestion Traffic Analysis 2016 and provide funding of $1m to improve traffic flow and upgrade traffic signal management systems.

826. Combating congestion #2 – engaged four Greater Hobart Councils to plan for and deliver reduced congestion, including overseeing long-term measures to alleviate congestion in the CBD

827. Murchison Highway – with the Commonwealth $47m on improved intersections and road widening.

828. Flood repairs – $8.7m to repair flood damaged roads and bridges including Oliver’s Road, Railton Road and Hoggs Bridge.

829. Mersey Forest Road – commenced $3.25m works to rebuild sections destroyed by flood

830. Strahan Road – $5.2m upgraded junctions, footpaths and widened Ocean Beach Road and Manuka River Bridge.


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831. Bass Highway – works to improve safety on the Bass Highway and Illawarra Road

832. Bridport entrance upgrade - $2.18m to upgrade part of Main Street and the Main Street/ Emily Street junction.

833. Esk Main Road Project – $12m for Avoca to Fingal Shoulder and St Paul’s Bridge replacement.

834. Midland Highway - $198.4m as part of 10 year Midland Highway Action Plan including Perth to Breadalbane duplication.

835. Highland Lakes Road - $3.9m to continue sealing work and provide two 3.0 metre wide lanes and a 0.5 metre wide sealed shoulder.

836. Brooker, Elwick Goodwood and Howards Road - $32m with the Commonwealth to improve safety at this critical intersection that receives 35 000 vehicle movements per day.

837. Algona Roundabout – in partnership with the Commonwealth, commenced work to improve safety by allowing traffic from Opal Drive and Crystal Downs Drive to safely access Algona Road using a new roundabout.

838. Domain Highway - $4m to plan and design options to provide capacity improvements and reduce congestion at the Domain Road/Brooker Highway interchange.

839. Glendevie Passing Lanes - $4.8m to implement northbound and southbound climbing lanes, relocation of a Forestry access road and to provide turn in facilities.

840. Tasman Highway ramps - $370,000 for improved merging arrangements in this area for safer and more efficient traffic movements.

841. Bruny Island: The Neck – allocated $3.2m for design and construction of road improvements at the neck.

842. Huon Highway/Summerleas Road - $4.4m commitment along with $17.5m from Australian Government to improve safety at this critical intersection.

843. Rokeby Main Road – stage 2 works to complete link road and access configuration to subdivision.

844. Colebrook Road between Cambridge and Richmond - $6.5m allocated to widen this important tourism, agricultural and community road.

845. Bruny Main Road - $4m invested for sealing of two kilometres of road to the north of Great Bay community, and the replacement of Murphy’s Creek Bridge in Alonnah and sealing the road to the Alonnah town boundary.

846. Channel Highway, Bonnet Hill – $5m for signage, shoulder widening and sealing to improve safety for cyclists and other road users.

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Gaming

847. New Community Interest Test for poker machines in new venues – the location of electronic gaming machines in new venues are now subject to a community interest test applied by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission, giving local communities a voice for the first time.

848. Gambling support for family and friends impacted by gambling – awareness and education campaigns about local support services available if gambling is harming individuals and families.

849. Established Joint Select Parliamentary Committee review into future of gaming, post 2023, through a fully transparent public consultation process, including the operation of EGMs in hotels and clubs, taxation, licensing and harm minimisation measures.

Workforce Safety

850. Protecting frontline workers from serious assault –legislation to ensure a person who commits an offence resulting in serious bodily harm against ambulance officers, paramedics, nurses and midwives, child safety officers and correction staff will receive a minimum mandatory jail sentence.

851. Fewer workplace injuries – Decreases in the rates of serious injury, overall lost time, serious claims and serious claim frequency rates in 2015-16, on top of a 25% decrease in injuries over the last decade.

852. Fewer workers compensation claims – claims down over the past year, driving down total payments made and reducing premiums payable by business by 3% over the past year.

853. Less bullying – Decrease in state service workplace bullying by over 20% from 2013.

854. Campaign to better protect road workers – warning motorists of safety risks and improving driver behaviour around road works.

855. Improving workers rehabilitation and compensation act – legislating to cut red tape and deliver savings to businesses and insurers by lifting administrative efficiency of the Act.

856. Improving access to workers compensation for older workers – tabled Bill to amend current Act ensuring older workers are not disadvantaged by changes to Commonwealth legislation in relation to the qualifying age for the aged pension.


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Arts

857. Growing the arts sector– in keeping with election promise, maintained the $2.8m in arts grants and developed a Cultural and Creative Industries framework to grow sector.

858. Artists Investment Program – investing $400,000 in artists to create jobs and grow economy.

859. Investment of $300,000 in Blue Rocket Productions – enabling the development of several series, expected to inject over $3m to economy and jobs for over 45 animators, cast and crew.

860. A booming Screen Production Industry –more films being shot and produced in Tasmanian locations, creating jobs for local cast and crew, and delivering economic benefits to Tasmania.

861. Light between Oceans –$75,000 to assist the production, providing jobs for over 20 local tradespeople and extras.

862. Investment in the Rosehaven TV series - $450,000 investment into series, with 90 local cast and crew employed and $1.8m injected into the local economy.

863. #Comedy concentrate – $54,000 to enable the development of a short-form comedy series designed for on-demand and online television platforms.

864. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra China tour – $100,000 funding towards the cost of travel for the TSO’s 55 musicians and their gear for nine concerts in China.

865. New help for small museums –roving curators from Arts Tasmania to provide advice and support to around 140 small museums and collections.

866. Review of the legislative arrangements within the Arts portfolio - to ensure our arts and cultural sectors operate within a contemporary, best practice legislative framework.

867. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s Strategic Plan 2016-2021 endorsed, putting TMAG on the path to becoming financially sustainable and beginning the process of drafting legislation that will enable it to become a Statutory Authority.

868. Strong TMAG visitor growth – in 2015-16, the average daily number of visitors was up by 11%, and total visitation was up by six per cent on overall visitation from the previous year.

869. Professional Development Fellowship program - three fellowships of $5000 to artists and art workers and a one-off Manufacturing Design Fellowship of $7000 to Tasmanian designers.

870. Northern exposure grants – funding of more than $42,000 for regional artists providing additional support to artists living and working in the north and north-west.

871. Aboriginal artists – supporting Aboriginal artists to develop projects across a variety of art forms including writing, dance, music and visual arts.


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Transparency and Accountability

872. A new stronger Gifts Policy for State Servants - as part of the Government’s commitment to the highest standards of integrity and transparency, a new, whole-of-Government Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy for public servants is now in place, endorsed by the Integrity Commission.

873. Regular disclosure of information – automatic disclosure of Departmental and Ministerial information online, including Ministerial travel

and entertainment expenses, employment and workforce statistics, expenditure on telecommunications and other Government expenditure.

874. RTI information on-line – making RTI information available on line, for all to see.

Sport and Recreation

875. New AFL Academy – agreement with North Melbourne is providing opportunity for female footballers, with the Academy now recruiting U/18 female football talent.

876. Renewed Hawthorn Partnership – generating a total direct expenditure of $17.5m for the State, and up to $30m in benefits to Tasmania in 2014.

877. AFL – North Melbourne Partnership - the socio-economic value of games was conservatively estimated to be $43.7m, creating more than 220 jobs.

878. Supporting grassroots football - $2m over four years to support the grassroots AFL community in Tasmania and provide improved pathways for our developing athletes to elite competition.

879. Paintball legalised for first time in Tasmania – resulting in paintball operations setting up around State, creating jobs and providing a fun recreational pursuit.

880. Backing Peak sporting bodies - $600,000 over four years to continue existing funding for peak sport bodies including swimming, hockey, bowls, soccer and netball.

881. Creating community cricket opportunities - $500,000 to Cricket Tasmania to involve our community in all levels of cricket.

882. Making water safety a priority – boosted funding to Surf Life Saving Tasmania by $750,000 to support development of the surf lifesaving.

883. Supporting our athletes to compete in Rio – financial assistance to athletes, of up to $5,000, to assist with any personal expenses incurred while competing at the 2016 Olympic Games.

884. Elite athlete assistance - support through Tasmanian Institute of Sport, offering access to high performance coaching, sports science and technical analysis, training and competition equipment, and personal excellence advice and support.

885. New standards for boxing safety – updated following community consultation, to ensure that we continue to protect the interests and safety of people involved in professional and amateur boxing and combat sport contests.


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886. Burnie Aquatic Centre redevelopment - $3m towards this redevelopment, improving facilities for local communities.

887. Ensuring North-west sports carnivals can continue – committed $600,000 to support the sporting carnivals as a special part of the summer calendar in Tasmania.

888. Preparation for Masters Games 2017 – $750,000 to support the bid to secure the 2017 Australian Masters Games.

889. Dial Regional Sports Complex – committing $3.5m in next year’s budget towards the construction of the complex

890. Devonport hockey club – Supporting the hockey club facilities upgrade with a $55,000 commitment that enables more people, especially our children, to be active and healthy.

891. King Island Pavilion upgrade – commitment of funds to ensure the people of King Island are able to make use of and enjoy the recreational ground pavilion.

892. Penguin Sports and Services Club – supporting a local hub for RSL and sporting activities with security lighting.

893. Railton Bowls Club – contribution towards an upgrade of this local community club’s facilities.

894. Rowing Tasmania – Lake Barrington infrastructure upgrade to ensure this world class facility is maintained at standard.

895. Smithton Recreation ground – lighting upgrade for improved safety and greater use of this local recreation facility.

896. Ulverstone Soccer Club – Purchase of a mobile grandstand for the club which is available for use by other clubs in the soccer off-season, benefitting the broader Ulverstone community.

897. Wynyard Football Club – a $350,000 upgrade of the ground for safety and playing surface means opportunities for playing sport into the night, increasing time for juniors and seniors.

898. Somerset Surf Life-saving - With new facilities and improvement works complete, the Club will be able to concentrate on increasing participation and growing its base.

899. West Coast Trails Projects – supporting the West Coast community with $1.261m funding for local projects, including mountain biking, bushwalking and four-wheel driving trails.

900. West Coast mountain bike project - $1.21m for a Zeehan Mountain Bike Hub, including construction and marketing of eight trails connecting Zeehan, Rosebery and Tullah (construction now starting on Stage 2)


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901. Silverdome investment - $2.7m over 3 years for upgrades of the Silverdome – to continue the Silverdome as a hub for sporting opportunities within the north and for elite sport with the TIS.

902. Hockey Ground Upgrades - to allow Tasmania to bid for and secure national and international hockey tournaments and continue with providing facilities for junior hockey development.

903. Mountain bike trails in Launceston - trails in Derby and Hollybank are attracting thousands of bike tourists to Northern Tasmania and with Trevallyn and Kate Reed being upgraded those tourists are expected to spend additional time, and money, in the region.

904. Windmill Point – a grant to improve and upgrade these community recreation facilities.

905. International netball test match – securing the Diamonds and Silverferns test match at the Silverdome.

906. MTB Enduro coming to Derby - hosting a round of the Mountain Bikes Enduro World Series in April 2017 in partnership with the Dorset Council – a first for this event in Australia.

907. Hillwood Football Club - $40,000 funding package for improvements at a community recreation ground benefiting grassroots community sporting opportunities.

908. Vessel safety at St Helens – $589,000 extension of rock training wall at Blanche Point, St Helens, to allow safer navigation of vessels.

909. Stan Siejka classic – supporting the Stan Siejka cycling classic bike race - Tasmania’s best showcase cycling event and one of the best street criterium races in Australia.

910. Lilydale Memorial Hall - $119,500 for a significant upgrade of community hall.

911. Blackstone Heights pedestrian walkways - Funding of $300 000 to increase pedestrian safety at Blackstone Heights in partnership with the Meander Valley Council.

912. Bracknell Football Club – upgrade of ground and lighting to create opportunities for more community participation.

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913. Hockey Ground Upgrades – ensuring Tasmania can continue to bid for and secure national and international hockey tournaments and provide facilities for junior hockey development.

914. Glenorchy Ice Rink – A grant for the ice rink to install Solar Energy to offset the costs and impact associated with cooling the rink.

915. Risdon Vale bike and trails project – supporting the Risdon Vale Bike Collective and the Blue Hills trail to engage youth in positive healthy activity.

916. Trail bike riding diversion and education program – to provide approved alternative riding areas for trail bike users.

917. Huonville Football Club – an upgrade to the clubrooms to ensure that both men and woman have appropriate changing facilities.

918. South Hobart Football Club – funds for an upgrade of facilities and clubs rooms at Wellesley Park.

919. Kingborough Sports Centre – upgrade to facilities that service a wide range of sports for the southern community, including gymnastics, spectator seating, and the twin ovals upgrade.

920. Huon Rowing Club – New clubrooms and facilities at Franklin, with a funding commitment of $600,000.

921. Snug to Margate trail – funds for a new walk and cycle path to give these communities a scenic, sealed pathway for multiple uses.

Community Participation

922. Delivering day to day support for most vulnerable – funding of $260m in 2016-17 to more than 230 community sector organisations, providing around 500 services right around the State.

923. Helping the community sector with increasing operational costs, pay and conditions – maintained base grant indexation at 2.25%, while providing an additional $9m over 4 years, and $25.5m to meet obligations under Fair Work Australia.

924. Cutting red tape for community sector organisations by not conducting separate quality and safety reviews where they have national accredited quality management in place.

925. Cutting red tape for community groups – increased threshold for audits for incorporated associations, saving Tasmanian community groups up to $900,000 per year.

926. Building a joined up human services support system - $250,000 to TasCOSS to assist in this reform, in partnership.

927. Growing and supporting Men’s Sheds – $550,000 allocated over 3 years to support Men’s Sheds throughout State (we have the highest density of Men’s Sheds in Australia).

928. Support for RSLs to support veterans – doubled funding, an additional $100,000 pa, to Tasmania’s RSLs in all corners of the State, founded 100 years ago in 1916.


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929. Memorial grants in honour of Teddy Sheean – $100,000 a year to provide small grants to RSLs and other ex-serving organisations for minor capital works and upgrades.

930. Ongoing support for Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize – over $100,000 per annum to give students the chance of an overseas trip to gain a better understand of World War I.

931. Recognising Tasmanians who lost their lives in World War 1 – Centenary of ANZAC grants program, for projects commemorating this important anniversary.

932. A new Pedestrian footbridge linking the Cenotaph and Queen’s Domain, linking Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue - $8m in funding as part of Anzac Centenary Public Fund.

933. Promoting active ageing for seniors - $125,000 to COTA (Tasmania) to lead a new engagement with older Tasmanians to support their participation in the community.

934. Seniors Week – ongoing funding to COTA to coordinate and promote the popular program.

935. Supporting carers - $50,000 per year to allow Carers Tasmania to continue to support carers.

936. Protecting vulnerable older Tasmanians – $450,000 over 3 years for elder abuse prevention, including helpline (info and advice), advocacy service and awareness and training.

937. Cutting red tape for seniors – abolishing the requirement for drivers over the age of 75 to have compulsory medical assessments.

938. Supporting Salvos – $30,000 annual funding support for the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal

939. Unique Joined Up Human Services initiative in Huon Valley – encouraging a person-centred approach, and collaboration between service providers for the benefit of most vulnerable.

940. Supporting social and economic benefits of multiculturalism – inaugural Multicultural Grants Program, $100,000 per annum, for projects that enhance cultural diversity.

941. Harmony Week - $25,000 per annum to support harmony celebrations.

942. New “Make it Tasmania” website – to encourage people to live and work in Tasmania, engaging expats (interstate and abroad) and encouraging business and skilled migration.

943. More humanitarian refugees – accepting up to 500 additional refugees from the Syrian crisis.

944. Pathways to employment through Safe Haven Hub - $1.2m over 4 years to coordinate extra support, including additional interpreter support, for refugees and asylum seekers.

945. Celebrating multiculturalism – ongoing funding for a number of multicultural festivals including Taste of the World in Moonah; Estia Greek Festival; Festa Italia and Chinese Lantern Festival.

946. On-island support for refugees - $1m in additional support for refugees to support settlement in the State.

947. Providing a voice for young Tasmanians through ongoing funding to the Youth Network of Tasmania and an additional $40,000 to assist with the Tasmanian Youth Conference.

948. Funding security for Volunteering Tasmania – ongoing core funding and recognition for VT for the first time as the State’s peak body for volunteering in the State.

949. Historic Constitutional recognition for Tasmania’s First People – legislated to recognise Aboriginal People in the Tasmanian Constitution after 40,000 years of continuous Aboriginal occupation in Tasmania.



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950. Recognising Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area through a comprehensive Aboriginal cultural assessment.

951. New approach to Aboriginal eligibility to deliver consistency and ensure Aboriginal people who are assessed as being able to access Commonwealth services can also access State services.

952. Strengthening the Aboriginal Relics Act to increase penalties for damage to Aboriginal heritage

953. Support for Aboriginal children - $617,000 over four years to employ two Aboriginal Liaison officers as part of our $20.6m Child Protection redesign.

954. Aboriginal history and education - $520,000 over two years to work with Aboriginal community on the history and culture component of the Australian curriculum taught in our schools.

955. Supporting Aboriginal women/ children experiencing family violence - $330,000 over 3 years.

956. Investing in our Neighbourhood House network – ongoing funding and a record $5.75m in funding in 2016-17 for the network of 33 Neighbourhood Houses.

957. Refurbishing Neighbourhood Houses - $6m for repairs, maintenance and upgrades.

958. Start-up food cooperatives - $100,000 to establish 8 co-ops to support nutritious, affordable food in local communities.

959. Expunging historic homosexual convictions – legislation under development to remove criminal records for previously illegal homosexual activity, records which continue to disadvantage many.

960. Supporting Meals on Wheels – $160,000 per annum to assist the 60-year-old Meals on Wheels program, delivering meals to 175,000 Tasmanians each year.

961. Food relief for vulnerable Tasmanians - $1.1m in funding to deliver food security, including Foodbank, Secondbite and Produce to the People.

962. Double supporting for mobile food vans - $180,000 for Loui’s Van in Hobart, Mission Beat in Launceston and Gran’s Van in Devonport, providing an essential safety net to many in need.

963. Emergency relief for families in hardship - $330,000 per annum for emergency relief to Tasmanian families suffering financial hardship under the Family Assistance Program.

964. Christmas lunch – ongoing support for Colony 47’s Christmas lunch for Tasmanians in need of $3,000 per annum.

965. Red Cross – ongoing support for Red Cross calling campaign of $7000 per annum.

966. St George’s Church renovation - $150,000 for the renovation and repair program of this historic church.

967. Increased funding to the public guardian to promote, speak for and protect the rights of people living with disability.

968. Flood grants extended to not-for-profit community organisations, recognising the impact on clubs, disability support groups, local charities, life-saving clubs, junior sports and golf clubs.



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Local Government

969. Resource sharing – working with councils on how to deliver best Local Government services at lowest cost to ratepayers, including modelling of various resource-sharing and voluntary amalgamation options.

970. South-East Councils Feasibility Study – released study modelling four voluntary amalgamation scenarios for Local Government in the south-east.

971. New Code of conduct rules for Local Government – legislated to introduce a streamlined, practical and enforceable local government code of conduct for Tasmanian councillors.

972. Problem trees and hedges, resolving neighbourhood disputes – legislating to improve laws relating to trees hedges which cause damage, block views and sunlight to another’s property.

973. Water Safety – Local Government - $150,000 for a Water Safety Fund to help councils address water safety concerns at locations in their local communities.

974. Revitalisation of streetscapes– funding of $1m to the Business District Revitalisation Fund for the greater Hobart area, to improve public spaces and make shopping precincts more attractive.

975. New bus service on West Coast – trial of a new twice weekly bus service connecting Burnie to major West Coast towns, including Queenstown, Rosebery and Tullah, and extended to Strahan.

976. New Metro buses – equity funding of $31m to enable Metro to fund the most extensive bus replacement program in Tasmania’s history.

977. Safer bus stops - $300,000 Rural Bus stop upgrade program to construct newer, safer bus stops and associated infrastructure in regional areas in order to reduce the risks to students and other users who rely on buses.

978. Suspended annual release of taxi licences – in response to calls of the taxi industry that the legislated annual release of licences is dampening effect on the value of taxi licences.

979. Hobart bus network review – Metro’s network review is continuing to achieve significant patronage growth and provide an improved service to the greater Hobart area.

980. First Metro review in Launceston for a decade – Metro has commenced a wholesale review of the Launceston network, scheduled for completion in 2017.

981. Transport Access Strategy – the draft strategy sets out the approach to providing better integrated and coordinated transport services for all Tasmanians.

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Racing

982. Racing Industry Working Group – established to create a long-term plan to help the Tasmanian racing industry grow and become sustainable.

983. Industry funding realignment – designed to ensure the financial sustainability of Tasracing by working to close Tasracing’s $3m revenue gap.

984. Tasracing recorded its first profit since its inception - turned a $1.2m loss into $0.2m profit this year, a result of sustainability measures introduced by the Government.

985. 4.2% increase in prize money and industry funding for 2016-17– as a result of sustainability measures, Tasracing is able to invest in growth of prize money and industry funding.

986. Race fields fees legislation – removed prescriptive provisions which limited Tasracing’s ability to be commercially responsive to changes in the market place in terms of setting race fields fees.

987. Increased revenues – 30% increase in race field revenue in 2015/16 due to a growth in wagering on Tasmanian racing.

988. Sky Racing – 10-year media rights deal with Tasracing that secures national and international broadcasts for Tasmanian racing.

989. Track and facilities upgrades - $250,000 annual allocation to Tasracing from unclaimed monies from wagering winnings, to be applied to capital expenditure.

990. Magic Millions Yearling Sales - record results in first year of renewed 3-year agreement with 100 lots sold at a gross of $2.3m, up more than 51% compared to last year’s auction, with an average price of $23,250, up 34% on 2015.

991. Improved Animal Welfare in the Tasmanian Greyhound Racing Industry – commissioned a review by the Director of Racing and Chief Veterinarian to ensure racing codes

are managed in line with best practice and community expectations.

992. New Office of Racing Integrity – relocated administrative responsibility to DPIPWE to leverage off veterinary and animal welfare expertise within the Department.

993. Improving industry animal welfare – MOU between Director of Racing, RSPCA Tasmania and Tasmania Police for improved cooperation in the interests of animal welfare.

994. Greyhound industry integrity - Supported a Parliamentary Inquiry into Greyhound Racing.

995. Grading schedule and programming of races – changes to provide enhanced racing opportunities for greyhounds with limited ability and those of a mature age.

996. Greyhound Adoption Program – funding increased from $118,000 in 2014-15 to $248,000 in 2015-16, to expand adoption program for the rehoming of greyhounds. Funding in 2017 is budgeted to increase further.

997. New roles to strengthen racing integrity – new regulatory vet, stipendiary steward, Racing Integrity Manager and an additional steward investigator appointed.

998. Increased powers of the Director of Racing – to compel unlicensed persons to produce evidence/appear before inquiries, reducing barrier to completing stewards’ inquiries.

999. On-course bookmaker reforms – enabling on-course bookmakers to stay competitive with corporate wagering companies with the introduction of off-course betting endorsements.

1000. Efficient industry regulation - amalgamated Integrity Assurance Board and Tasmanian Racing Appeal Board to ensured more efficient use of resources and generate savings.


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Copyright: State of Tasmania 2016

Published: December 2016

15 Murray Street, Hobart 7000Email: [email protected]: www.premier.tas.gov.au

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