Fresh from paying the price for the Spirit of Tasmania fiasco, Michael Ferguson now has to turn his eye to the state's problematic finances — but with a troubled track record, is he up to the task?
Michael Ferguson has paid a price for the debacle over the roll-out of new Spirit of Tas mania vessels.
Tasmania's deputy premier, Michael Ferguson resigns as infrastructure minister over the bungled rollout of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels. But it could also give the government clear air, because there are still a lot of infrastructure works that are either ongoing, or sorely needed. The government funded an extra lane on the Southern Outlet for buses, but that has also been subject to cost blowouts and delays.
When it comes to ports, the federal government also appears to be growing frustrated with the slow progress of wharf improvements in Hobart for the icebreaker Nuyina and the ports suffering "concrete cancer". A senior clinician gatecrashes a press conference to grill then-health minister Michael Ferguson on the lack of beds and training opportunities for surgeons at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
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