Labor stands for safe, secure and well-paid jobs. Access to great education is vital to getting people into these jobs.

Local Government entities have endorsed the UTAS city move because it improves access to education for students.  The Hobart, Glenorchy, Clarence and Kingborough mayors signed off on the Hobart City Deal, which committed them to working with the Tasmanian and Australian Government’s towards moving the Sandy Bay Campus into the City. 

Other southern councils like Sorell – where now Liberal MLC, Kerry Vincent was Mayor – also indicated their strong support for the move.

These endorsements, more than five years ago, are some of the reasons why the move is already about 70 per cent underway or completed.  One of the key reasons for that support was because a University in the city is easier for students to access.  Greater Hobart’s limited public transport system is focussed on the city making it a far easier destination to get to by bus from everywhere in southern Tasmania. 

It could mean the difference between a student being able to attend university and not.  It puts students closer to where many of them work – in the city. 

The Liberal-Lambie University Freeze Legislation puts everything at risk.  By freezing the University’s assets, the Premier risks the University’s finances.

It’s unbelievable that Jeremy Rockliff still wants to stand in the way of a $500 million STEM facility and 2,000 new homes.  The legislation is embarrassing and should be abandoned.

Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader