Remind me again: Who promised what this election campaign

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HEALTH

Health recap:

Liberals:

• Investment of $95 million into mental heath care over six years, including the employment of 125 frontline staff, the opening of two adolescent units in Launceston and Hobart, and 25 new mental health beds at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
• An additional $757 million into the overall health budget over six years, including the employment of 802 nurses, 158 doctors, and 128 allied health professionals. The money will also see 298 extra beds opened of which 250 will be allocated to the Royal Hobart Hospital, 40 at the Launceston General Hospital and eight at the North West Regional Hospital.
• Investment of $125 million in ambulance services over the next six years to hire 62 more paramedics and operations centre staff, upgrade rural ambulance stations, and build new ambulance stations in Glenorchy and Burnie.

Labor:

• An additional $560 million into the state’s health budget which will fund the employment of up to 500 health professionals, including 20 hospital doctors, 25 paramedics, 32 general practitioner internships, and 100 graduate nurse positions. There will be $47.5 million to employment staff to clear bed block and $75 million to improve outpatient wait times and to fund elective surgery.
• As part of the $560 million health plan, $23.5 million will be dedicated towards mental health care. This will include funding for psychiatric nurses in hospital emergency departments, 12 community homes for mental health recovery, and adolescent mental health teams in the state’s three regions.
• The creation of a Launceston Health Precinct, including a private hospital, adjacent to the Launceston General Hospital.
• The introduction of a medihotels concept where a discharged patient, not in need of acute care but not quite ready to go home, is placed at a hotel close to professional care.
• A two-year free bus trial for West Coast residents to access care at the state’s hospitals

Greens:

• The introduction of a medicinal cannabis registration scheme that will protect legitimate registered users and personal cultivators of medicinal cannabis from criminal prosecution. 
• The introduction of a minimum menu and nutrition standards for Tasmania public hospitals.
• The introduction of a Local Food Act which will plan for future investment in food supplies, investment in food literacy and school gardens, and support for agribusiness and urban agriculture food clusters.

Education

Education recap: 

Liberals:

• Investment of an extra $324 million over 6 years into education which will fund the employment of 358 extra new staff, including 250 new teachers. There will be $179 million allocated for education infrastructure
• Year 11 and 12 classes in every high school by 2022
• Investment of $16 million into school farms

Labor:

• Removal of all fees and levies for public schooling
• The employment of 300 new teachers and support staff, funded by a $63 million additional budget allocation.
• New schools in Penguin, Sorell and Hobart

Greens:

• Investment of $145 million over four years to employ 250 additional teachers, 200 teacher assistants and other specialty support staff like school psychologists and speech therapists

Housing

Housing recap: 

Liberals:

• The investment of an addition $125 million into the Tasmanian Affordable Housing Strategy which will allow for 1500 new affordable homes. Within the funding allocation, $20 million will be set aside for purpose-built homes for people living with disability. The plan is expected to create 900 construction jobs.
• Cutting stamp duty charges by 50 per cent for first-home buyers purchasing properties worth less than $400,000 over 12 months.
• Abolishing land tax for three years for new properties built to be used for long-term rental accommodation.

Labor:

• The investment of $106 million into an affordable housing strategy with 900 new homes to be built with planning and construction for 433 of these homes to occur in the first two years of governmment. It is estimated that the policy will help more than 12,800 people over a term of government. The program will specifically help 18 to 25 year olds, people living with disabilities, family violence victims, adolescents in out-of-home care, and over 55 year olds.
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• A reduction of the deposit amount required to purchase Housing Tasmania-owned property.
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• The establishment of short-term accommodation sites in the North and North-West, targeted towards young people.

Greens:

• The allocation of an extra $40 million to the Housing Fund for more public housing stock.
• Investment of $30 million over four years for six new units for short, medium and long-term accommodation to ease homelessness. 
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• Restricting rent increases to be within the Consumer Price Index rises, introduction of indefinite lease offers and relaxation of restrictions over pets in rental properties.
• Introduction of a vacant property tax, in line with current arrangements in Victoria.
• A ban on putting property owned by people outside Tasmania on the short-stay accommodation market.

Justice

Justice recap: 

Liberals:

• Employment of an additional 125 police officers, including an increase of frontline police at all main police stations. This will include 15 more officers in Launceston, and 10 each in Burnie and Devonport. 
• Funding the construction of a $270 million Northern prison and $70 million for a new remand centre in the south.
• The establishment of a full-time Special Operations Groups
• Imposing greater bail restrictions on violent offenders
• Introduction of a new law to deal with fatal one-punch assaults 

Labor:

• The employment of an additional 31 police officers, removing court duties from police officers in the North and North-West (resulting in an additional 10 officers for frontline duties, and reinstating Australian Federal Police officers at Hobart Aiport.
• The allocation of $1 million in funding for a general duties police dog for each of the state’s three districts.
• Provision of funding to the state’s Community Legal Centres to replace Legal Aid cuts.

Greens:

• Closing Ashley Youth Detention Centre and replacing it with two 12-bed centres in the North and South.

Infrastructure and transport

Infrastructure and transport recap: 

Liberals:

• An additional $92.5 million in transport infrastructure in Launceston and the Tamar Valley, including $12 million to upgrade the West Tamar Highway
• A $47.5 million commitment, matched by the federal government, to clean up the Tamar River, including making improvements to Launceston’s combined sewerage and stormwater system.
• $40 million to upgrade the Bass Highway between Wynyard and Marrawah.
• $70 million for a third stage of irrigation schemes which will support thirteen schemes; of which eight would be new and five augumentations of existing schemes.
• A $72 million funding package to improve Tasmania’s iconic tourism roads 

Labor:

• A $60 million community roads package
• $60 million over ten years to improve public transport in an effort to increase full-fare paying commuters by 50 per cent and ease traffic congestion.
• $7.5 million to invest in electric vehicle charging stations.
• $42.5 over four years to improve Launceston’s road infrastructure and transport services.
• $3.5 million to improve the road between Strahan and Zeehan and the Murchison Highway.
• Start improvements on Launceston’s combined sewerage and stormwater system.
• $9 million to support free travel for school-aged students to their nearest school.

Greens:

• Provision of free bus travel to TasTAFE and university students

Tourism

Tourism recap: 

Liberals:

• $20 million to develop and construct the Tasmania’s next “iconic” walk, following the success for the Three Capes Track and Overland Track.
• $30 million for a Cradle Mountain cableway
• $31 million investment in the state’s national parks, including a funding allocation to hire 15 new rangers

Labor:

• An investment of $8 million dollars to construct new walker huts, renovate existing huts and enhance services on the Overland Track.
• $30 million for a cableway on Cradle Mountain and $15 million to assist in private sector investment on the mountain.
• $3 million over five years to fund the establishment of new tourist rail experiences.
• A rise of National Park entry fees for tourists from interstate and overseas.

Greens:

• $40 million funding boost to increase rangers, scientific staff and on-ground maintenance in the state’s national parks and reserves.
• Banning cruise ships from entering into the state’s protected areas.

​Energy

Energy recap: 

Liberal:

• Leave the National Energy Market which is expected to lower power prices by between 7 and 10 per cent.
• Review the solar feed-in tariff
• 100 per cent self-sufficiency in renewable energy generation by 2022.

Labor:

• $32.5 million four-year policy with a target to generate more than "120 per cent" of Tasmania's energy needs from renewables
• De-link Tasmania's wholesale energy price from Victoria's by 2020
• Reinvest $25 million of TasNetworks dividends into renewable energy generation and storage projects
• Solar panels on public housing
• Commissioning the Economic Regulator to review solar feed-in tariffs
• Installation of 1000 heat pumps into the oldest public housing properties
• Installation of  solar panels and batteries in each new public housing property build, adding up to 1000 installations over six years

Greens:

• Transition to 100-per-cent reliance on renewable energy by 2020 at the latest
• Restructuring of electricity billing to provide cost-neutral and revenue-neutral incentives to use less power
• Work towards decreasing use of fossil fuels within the state’s public transport system