In 2021, the Liberals promised 100 extra TasTAFE teachers.

Between 2023 and 2025, they paid an Adelaide recruitment firm $504,000 to recruit them.

Now, they're planning to cut at least 118 TasTAFE jobs, including 63 teaching roles by 2030.

That's Liberal waste in a nutshell. Spend half a million dollars trying to recruit 100 TasTAFE teachers, then turn around and cut 118 TasTAFE jobs.

After 13 years of Liberal waste, Premier Rockliff has put Treasurer Abetz in charge of cutting TasTAFE and which is impacting the courses available for Tasmanians. 

Tasmania needs more tradies, nurses, aged care workers, early childhood educators, agricultural workers and skilled workers. That means backing TasTAFE, not cutting it. 

You don’t keep the next generation in Tasmania by sacking the teachers who train them for good local jobs.

Premier Rockliff and Eric Abetz need to explain why Tasmanians paid $504,000 to recruit TasTAFE teachers, only for their Government to put up to 118 TasTAFE jobs on the chopping block.