Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

It is interesting that you bring up the GST, because Tasmanians are really angry about this review into GST distribution—really angry, indeed. Tasmania stands to lose billions of dollars. Our Liberal senators obviously did not lobby for Tasmania in this regard, and they only came out after the review was announced to say, 'We'll stick up for Tasmania.' They did not do the lobbying beforehand. The AFP have been cut at Hobart Airport. We called on the AFP to be restored at Hobart Airport just last week, and we had a Liberal come out and say, 'I'll stand up for it,' but there is no restoration of the AFP at Hobart Airport. Liberal senators here in Canberra have no influence. Tasmanians are sick of that, and sadly our state will continue to lose out because our Liberal senators are not prepared to stand up for our state.

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