In the 146 days of leading Australia, Scott Morrison hasn’t spent one day in Northern Tasmania.
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He did visit our beautiful island for the Tasmanian Liberal Party state conference in October in Hobart.
The day before, he travelled to Queenstown to tour Tribute Power Station.
There he said the pumped hydro station would be part of the opportunity created as part of the Battery of the Nation project.
The next day he told Liberal Party members that his party could win back Tasmania seats lost in the last election, but it would require a lot of effort.
Where’s the effort?
Since this declaration, Mr Morrison has criticised Tasmania for the birth certificate reform in the lower house and vowed to override any changes.
The Brisbane Street Mall had its second official opening so that all the levels of government could be in a photo opportunity.
We’ve been told when we can have citizenship ceremonies and funding for essential mental health services have been announced.
Yet, we still haven’t met Australia’s newest and 30th Prime Minister of Australia. That is due to change in “coming weeks”, according to his office.
On behalf of Northern Tasmania, we would like to formally invite the Prime Minister to visit our great region.
We would like to hear an update on the funding for the University of Tasmania, the impact of the City Deal, how efforts to clean up the Tamar River is tracking and what plans have been made regarding the Paterson Barracks.
Putting some effort into our region could also mean some productive conversations in relation to our mental health services. Put simply, we need more funds and services.
We could chat about the housing situation, the promising private investment in our region, the defence contract prospects for our region (in particular the AMC), decentralising public service jobs and demonstrate just why Launceston can be one of the world’s greatest regional cities – with just a little more effort.