Boscutti Report — Will Hodgman

Hodgman claims mandate for secrecy

Will Hodgman

HOBART (Boscutti Report) — Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has declared he has a mandate to keep 200 policies secret that were released to interest groups and not made available for public scrutiny during the state election campaign. Mr Hodgman said he wanted to be transparent with the voters of Tasmania. ‘They deserve to know that secrets deals are being done behind their backs that are not in their own interests,’ he said. ‘Of course they’ll never find out what those deals are.’ A spokesman said most secret backroom deals were bound by confidentiality agreements. ‘Will is all about law and...

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Hodgman ‘thanks’ Labor for election win

Will Hodgman

HOBART (Boscutti Report) — Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has thanked the Labor Party for assuring a Liberal Party win at the state election. ‘From the bottom of my heart, I want to express my sincere thanks to the Labor Party,’ he said. ‘They’re communications strategy, creative and media buy was so unprofessional and undergraduate, that it assured our win.’ ‘Four years ago Labor had the opportunity to set us up for failure. Instead they chose to run the same campaign with the same comms people and of course achieved the same losing result.’ ‘What a pack of spazz buckets.’

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