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* Related Story: Bartlett sworn in as new Tas premier
Incoming Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett says his Government will not be providing any more financial assistance for the controversial Gunns pulp mill.
In March it was revealed that former premier Paul Lennon who resigned yesterday, was considering spending $50 million on a water pipeline from the Trevallyn Dam to the proposed mill at Bell Bay.
But a few hours after being sworn in, Mr Bartlett told ABC1's Lateline program the success of the project is now out of the State Government's hands.
"Some would say we've done all that we can as a Government. Some would say we've done more than enough as a Government," he said.
"I believe it's now up to the company and their financiers to see whether this project goes ahead."
Meanwhile, Mr Bartlett says he wants to create a state that is clever and kind - a more inclusive Tasmania, where people with different ideas do not have to hate the opposing camp.
He promised generational change and a new style of Government.
"I do genuinely believe that the thing that unites us as Tasmanians are far in excess of the things that divide us," he said.
He said he believes politics is best when battled on ideas, rather than ideologies, and acknowledged recent events have led to a degradation of trust in democracy in Tasmania, and is seeking to restore the faith.
He has already vowed to investigate establishing an anti-corruption body. In the past two years, the Labor Government has lost two deputy premiers, who resigned in disgrace.
Mr Bartlett says investment in health, education, innovation and new industries will make the state clever and kind.
He used the Lateline interview to explain more about his plan to launch an ethics board for the state, but evaded questions about whether the watchdog will be able to investigate past allegations.
Mr Bartlett said the parameters for the commission had not been set.
But he said he was not sure whether granting the anti-corruption board retrospective powers was the best way forward.
"I'm not sure that, as a principle, retrospectivity is a ever a good thing in legislation," he said.
"It's one of those principles that I think cause legislators significant difficulty. But I will be taking advice and making sure that advice comes from the widest possible sources."
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