00:00Farmer Gerard Nichols says big rises in insurance costs have led to some difficult decisions.
00:09I've only got literally two or three sheds insured now where I've probably got 15 sheds
00:14on the property.
00:15Most of those I've just chosen to basically run the risk on.
00:21His premiums have more than doubled in the past decade.
00:24He blames floods and bushfires interstate for the rises.
00:28I've been of the opinion for the last several years that really we're subsidising mainlanders
00:33with the prices that we're paying for insurance down here in Tasmania.
00:36We want to ensure that Tasmanians are paying fairer prices for their insurance premiums.
00:44The Premier continuing to spruik his plan for a government owned insurer, estimating it
00:49would save households $250 a year and small businesses 20% off their annual bill.
00:58But he won't release the modelling backing up those claims, arguing it would put the
01:02new insurer at a competitive disadvantage.
01:05This is a plan that is reckless, that will take Tasmanian budget further into debt and
01:10put Tasmanians, businesses and households at further risk.
01:15Labor announced how it would use some of the new Gonski funding the state secured from the
01:20federal government, spending $10 million on a two year trial of mental health programs
01:25in public schools.
01:27This initiative will set up a menu of resources and programs that schools can purchase with
01:33their allocated, dedicated funding.
01:35A child is struggling with mental health, with anxiety, depression or other mental health
01:41conditions.
01:42They're not learning as well as they should be.
01:45The Greens continued with the health theme, launching a plan to spend $5 million a year
01:50to hire 50 full time physiotherapists.
01:53If we don't have an increase in these essential unsung heroes of the healthcare system, we'll
01:59see more people going with complications to hospital.
02:03In an election dominated by the state of the budget, Labor says it wants more information
02:08about TT Line's finances, after Treasury warned the ferry operator might need a funding injection
02:14from a future government.
02:15But the Premier has knocked back Labor's request for a briefing, arguing there's no decision
02:21to be made.
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