Minister for State Growth
Minister for Energy
Minister for the Environment, Parks and Heritage
Energy Minister Matthew Groom
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Cannot or will not take responsibility for ANYTHING, it is always SOMEONE else who caused this to happen
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Energy crisis: Peter Gutwein, Matthew Groom withdraw from Basslink inquiry to protect 'state's interests' (A way not to answer to the Tasmanian people, this can only be called for what it is a COVER UP)
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Lays Hydro Tasmania’s maintenance woes at the feet of the former Labor Government so he can fudge on what he knows and will tell the Tasmanian people
Hydro Tasmania report: A leaked internal document has revealed Hydro Tasmania will struggle to maintain the state’s hydro-electricity network over the next decade under its current maintenance budget.
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Treasurer Peter Gutwein has described Labor’s comments on energy as “reckless scaremongering”.
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Energy crisis hearing reveals the Government was willing to risk load shedding
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Groom pushed ahead with the sale of the Tamar Valley Power Station despite being warned of the consequences. Power station was mothballed from August 2015
Decision to decommission the power station cost Tasmania a fortune
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Mr Gutwein hit back at claims in the inquiry that the Government made the crisis worse because of pressure on Hydro to return a dividend. Labor claims the Government pressured Hydro to put its power station on the market last year after it had been valued at $75 million.