[Greens-Media] Tas Greens_Premier Rolled by Ideologues_N McKim MP

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PREMIER ROLLED BY MAJORITY GOVERNMENT IDEOLOGUES

Labor Not Prepared to Work Constructively and Respect Will of Voters

Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader

Monday, 17 August 2009
Contact: State Parliamentary Offices of the Tasmanian Greens, (03) 6233
8300

www.tas.greens.org.au


The Tasmanian Greens today said that Premier David Bartlett has been
rolled by the old-style majority government ideologues in his own
Cabinet after he today ruled out working constructively in the event
that the Tasmanian people elect a power sharing parliament next year.

Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said the Greens stand ready to work
constructively and co-operatively with whatever Parliament the Tasmanian
people elect, and called on Mr Bartlett to make the same commitment.

"What Labor has said today is that it will try to hang onto power even
if it does not have a majority of seats in the House. This is
brinksmanship of the highest order, and a recipe for unparalleled
instability," Mr McKim said. 

"Mr Bartlett reminds me of a small boy who has been bowled out in a
backyard game of cricket, and threatens to take his bat and ball and go
home. It is immature and disrespectful to the Tasmanian people."

"This is the kind of arrogance that only a government which has had
absolute power for nearly twelve years could come up with."

"David Bartlett has now confirmed that he is a puppet Premier, whose
words and actions are being scripted by the old-style powerbrokers in
his Party who are only interested in desperately hanging on to power." 

"Tasmania now has a leader who is not prepared to work constructively
with anyone who disagrees with him in Parliament. This is not only
supreme intellectual arrogance, but confirmation of a willingness to
ignore the will of our people expressed at the ballot box."

Mr McKim reminded Mr Bartlett and his mentor Michael Field that the
Labor-Green Accord, which Mr Field has admitted was broken by Labor,
delivered excellent outcomes for Tasmania, including beginning the debt
reduction strategy which sees Tasmania general government net debt free
today.




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