"I am a supporter of the pulp mill," she said yesterday.

"Obviously the process that was taken caused a lot of concern in the Tasmanian community.

"And in that sense, yes it may well have been a mistake to have fast-tracked as much as we did at that time.

"But that's hindsight."

The pulp mill assessment process went through Parliament rather than the usual channels in the mid-2000s in a bid to get the project up.

Ms Giddings said she hoped Gunns would be able to find investment, knowing the company had the government's support.

"This Labor government does support a pulp mill at Bell Bay," she said.

"That public assurance I would of course hope would assist Gunns in being able to reassure their investors that there is support at the top."

Ms Giddings also said job cuts would be last on the agenda as the state tried to cut spending.

"Right now we are spending more than we are getting in income, and anyone who runs a household budget knows that when you are spending more than you are receiving something has to give somewhere," she said.

"But job losses would certainly be the last area we would go into."

Ms Giddings told unions before the March 2010 election that Labor had a "rock-solid commitment" to no forced redundancies.

She said she was bringing her staff with her to the Premier's office, as her workload was different from David Bartlett's given her Treasury and Arts portfolios.

Ms Giddings also said she was not angered by discussion of her private life, particularly in the mainland media.

"People want to know something about their leader," she said.

"However, I am prepared to talk about it on day one, but I will not be prepared to continue to talk about it because my premiership is not about my private life.

"My premiership is about the decisions I take, the leadership I provide, and that's what Tasmanians want to know about really."