MEDIA RELEASE

Sunday, 3 November 2024

TCCI welcomes GBE overhaul, merger

 

The TCCI is the voice of business in Tasmania and welcomes the Government’s plan to overhaul GBEs.

 

TCCI CEO Michael Bailey said the TCCI had been calling on the Government to reform GBEs for months.

 

“The Government’s plan is consistent with the principles the TCCI has been advocating for, for quite some time and it’s good to see the Government trying to learn from its mistakes,” Mr Bailey said.

 

“While this doesn’t make up for the TT Line fiasco, it will go a long way to ensuring it doesn’t happen again.

 

“The TCCI supports investigating whether or not some GBEs, such as TasPorts, TasRail and TT Line can be merged and we would welcome an opportunity to participate in the process to determine how that new GBE would operate, on behalf of the business community.

 

“We would like to see the Government move quickly on this to back up its words with actions.”