A cabinet reshuffle designed to give Peter Gutwein more time to concentrate on his Local Government portfolio shows the Tasmanian government isnt mucking around when it comes to reform of the sector.
Mr Gutweins strongly worded speech to representatives of the states 29 councils at the Local Government Association of Tasmania conference on Wednesday sent a clear message; the governments best political fixer intends to make sweeping changes.
Just as Scott Morrison was Tony Abbotts man for the tough task stopping the boats as Immigration Minister and then implementing welfare reforms in Social Services – Mr Gutwein is Premier Will Hodgmans Mr Fix-it.
Theres a couple of layers to Mr Gutweins success; hes ridiculously hard to move off messag…
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