After leading the way to support the Stony Rise project, Labor has strongly welcomed legislation to approve the development passing through the upper house.

The $40 million Stony Rise development has significant community support and will create hundreds of jobs in the north west.

However the hurdles the development had to pass through highlight a deeper issue with Tasmania’s planning system – which the Liberals promised to fix ten years ago but like usual, have done nothing.

Labor will always back development that supports safe, secure and well-paid jobs.

Instead of band-aid solutions like we’ve seen with Stony Rise, Tasmania needs a planning system that works to allow sensible development that has the support of the community.

Shane Broad MP
Shadow Minister for Planning
Shadow Minister for Building & Construction