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Housing crisis dire, Building Tasmania still unclear as workers face Liberal axe

By Meg Brown MP Shadow Minister for Housing

28 August 2026

 

 

The March 2026 quarterly snapshot from Anglicare Tasmania’s Housing Connect Front Door Service shows just how dire access to affordable housing is. 

 

Tasmanians need homes, and the Liberal Government still has no serious housing plan. 

 

Premier Rockliff's Building Tasmania rebrand was never about creating a serious housing plan. It was a distraction used to disguise no progress and an agenda to cut 250 jobs to pay for 13 years of Liberal waste.

 

Minister for Housing, Kerry Vincent remains unable to answer basic questions about what Building Tasmania is or how it will work.

 

If the Liberal Government cannot produce the homes they've guaranteed for Tasmanians with a full workforce, how will cutting jobs from the very department responsible for delivery somehow deliver more homes? 

 

After 13 years of Liberal waste Tasmania doesn’t have enough houses, and the Liberals only plan appears to be a rebrand and cutting 250 jobs.

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