Media Release

Peter Gutwein MP
Shadow Treasurer

Thursday 5th May, 2011

Green-Labor Government to spend up to $9.5 million on car hire

While Tasmanians struggle with cost of living pressures, a recent Government tender has confirmed that the Green-Labor Government intend on spending up to $9.5 million on car hire.

This is just further proof that the Greens and Labor have lost the plot.

We have nurses, teachers and police officers facing the axe, and frontline services at real risk of being cut, yet the Green-Labor Government wants to spend nearly $10 million on car rentals for bureaucrats.

Where are the Government’s priorities?

We’ve seen the Government blow the budget by a billion dollars over the past six years, and what this tender shows is that a leopard can’t change its spots.

As long as the Greens and Labor are in power, they will continue to waste money hand over fist, money that should be spent on frontline services and teachers, nurses and police.