A Rebecca White Labor Government will deliver a better future for our environment – because it’s part of what makes Tasmania so special.
Sadly, we have lived through 10 years of a Liberal Government that’s had no interest in protecting our environment. They’ve kept making commitments but failed again and again to act.
The Liberal Government have failed to produce a State of the Environment report since being in Government, despite the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 requiring the Tasmanian Government to do so every five years.
Labor will produce the first State of the Environment report since 2009.
A Labor Government will get on with the work needed to protect our environment and parks, to ensure our children can enjoy the same Tasmania we know and love.
By the end of this year, Labor will deliver a container refund scheme and a ban on single use plastics to reduce pollution and litter – both of which are broken Liberal promises.
Labor will also invest in a $500,000 workforce package for our National Parks, creating new regional jobs, training opportunities and ending the use of fixed term contracts.
We will commit to Tasmania’s Climate Change Action and Implementation Plan, as well as commit to targets to reduce emissions. Important parts of this plan, such as the electrification of the vehicle fleet, will be underpinned by our plan to double Tasmania’s renewable energy.
Labor has ambitious and achievable plans to tackle climate change and manage our natural environment.
It’s time for a better future for Tasmania’s environment.
Key Policy Facts
- Provide more funding for Landcare
- Increase funding for Natural Resource Management
- Ban single use plastics
- Deliver the Container Refund Scheme
- Produce a State of the Environment report
- Work to reduce the impact of fallow deer
- Commit to jobs in Parks and Wildlife
- Commit to Climate Action
- At least net zero emissions from 2030
- A 50% reduction in food waste and a 50% reduction in organic waste sent to landfill by 2030
- 100% electric vehicles in the government fleet by 2030
- Double Tasmania’s renewable energy production
- No loss of fire-sensitive vegetation or other high conservation values in the Wilderness World Heritage Area
- Make homes more energy efficient
Rebecca White MP
Tasmanian Labor Leader
Sarah Lovell MLC
Shadow Minister for Environment