00:02With unions and the government at odds, strikes have disrupted the state's service in recent months.
00:07Open now! Open now! Open now!
00:11Today, health staff began taking new industrial action, including a ban on overtime and billing Medicare for procedures,
00:19hoping to pile pressure on ahead of meetings with government negotiators, having previously rejected the offer of a 3%
00:26pay rise for one year.
00:28We will keep sitting at the table and we would encourage others to do the same.
00:33That action has now been suspended. The state government indicating an improved offer is on the way.
00:39More meetings have now been pencilled in for Wednesday. If successful, it'll break the month's long deadlock.
00:45It's a basic necessity of any government to be able to come to arrangements with your workforce that are fair,
00:51equitable and allow people to be able to live a decent life.
00:54Every extra percentage point pay rise for state servants costs around $250 million.
01:01And the budget's in a pretty rough spot already, with net debt set to hit $7 billion this year.
01:07It comes as the International Monetary Fund puts out a new report, saying it has concerns about the credibility of
01:15Tasmania's fiscal strategy.
01:16Not only is it calling out the debt, it's also calling out the inability of this Liberal government to keep
01:22to its spending promises.
01:23Look, I think it's pretty extraordinary that Labor have got something to say on this. They have no credibility.
01:28You know, yesterday they were asking us to spend more money on childcare.
01:32No end to the demands on the budget.
01:34Yeah, I think he did.
01:37Yeah, I think he did.
01:37No thanks to you.
01:38Let's make it, you know.
01:39You
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