Building approvals continue to be strangled by red tape under the Rockliff Minority Government, according to the latest ABS data released today. Just 173 dwellings were approved in March – the fewest in eight years.

This alarming figure highlights the ongoing failure of Jeremy Rockliff and the Liberals to address the critical housing shortage and tackle the bureaucratic red tape that has been holding back construction across the state for the last 11 years.

Even more frustrating is the fact Jeremy Rockliff has continued to parrot the same hollow promises Will Hodgman made back in 2014 to make planning “fairer, faster, cheaper, and simpler.”

For over a decade, the Liberals have had the opportunity to act on this issue, yet they’ve repeatedly failed to deliver.

TasCOSS have so little confidence in the government’s housing policy that they’ve created their own dashboard.

How can anybody take this government’s promises seriously?

Shane Broad MP  
Shadow Minister for Housing
Shadow Minister for Planning
Shadow Minister for Building & Construction