AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2011
TAS:Tas 'wallowing in mediocrity': report
Former Tasmanian minister JULIAN AMOS has come out with a devastating finding on his
state, saying it's wallowing in the comfort of mediocrity, and needs a substantial increase
in its population, or it will fall further behind the rest of the country.
The former Labor minister has interviewed 60 Tasmanian CEOs, union leaders, heads of
peak industry bodies, economists, heads of government agencies and political commentators.
In his damning assessment of the state's economy, Dr AMOS says the island state is
being hamstrung by a poor planning system, excessive protest action and the appearance
of public sector instability, owing to Labor's minority government partnership with the
Greens.
He predicts the state is fast becoming an aged care facility in a national park.
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KEYWORD: AMOS (HOBART)
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