Mediaboss Marketing

ABC Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses Tasmanian Liberal Party delegates in Launceston

Tasmania is a better state than its poor performance on key economic and social indicators suggests, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told delegates at a Liberal Party meeting in Launceston.

Mr Abbott has used his keynote speech at the annual state council of the Tasmanian branch of the Liberal Party to pledge a turn-around in the state's economic fortunes.

The Liberals are meeting to review their policy platform and take stock after successful state and federal election campaigns.

It is the first time since 1982 the Liberals have held a state council while holding a majority of seats in both State and Federal Parliament.

Mr Abbott told a gathering of about 200 delegates at Launceston's Hotel Grand Chancellor on Saturday that confidence in Tasmania's prospects was increasing.

"Tasmania has to be an economy as well as a national park," he said.

"Everything this government is doing in Hobart, everything my government is doing in Canberra, is designed to give the people of Tasmania the strong and prosperous future that you want and you deserve.

"For too long you've had our nation's highest unemployment, our nation's lowest gross domestic product per person, our nation's lowest life expectancy, and our nation's lowest educational attainment.

"I know you are better than that, and I know that under good government you will be better than that," he told party members.

View original post here:
Tasmanian Liberals rethink Hare-Clark electoral system at state conference