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Win for Tasmania at COAG Energy Council meeting
Published: Mon 23 Apr 2018, 11:00am
The Tasmanian Government is very pleased that the COAG Energy Council has agreed to progress development of the detailed design of the National Energy Guarantee. With our abundance of renewable energy, particularly Hydro generation, a [Read more]
Delivering on our commitments
Published: Mon 23 Apr 2018, 11:00am
The Hodgman Liberal Government is delivering on the commitments we made to Tasmanians in our 100 Day Plan. Our first 30 days following the return of Writs has seen important progress made with the drafting [Read more]
Government delivering on mental health commitments
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
The Hodgman Liberal Government is getting on with the job of delivering our long-term plan for Tasmanians and giving them the healthcare they deserve. As per our 100 day plan, developmental work to construct the [Read more]
Next steps to boost teacher workforce
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
The Hodgman Liberal Government is committed to continuing to improve education in Tasmania, including working collaboratively with education workforce stakeholders on putting 250 teachers in our classrooms in 6 years, as outlined in our 100 [Read more]
More Tasmanians in full time work and record total employment
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
Labour force figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show full time employment in Tasmania has grown by 1,400 over the year to March 2018, with 500 full time jobs created last month. [Read more]
100 Day Plan: Family Violence Action Plan evaluation under way
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
The Liberal Government is continuing its commitment to address the scourge of family violence. Tasmania’s first comprehensive Family Violence Action Plan – Safe Homes, Safe Families – was released in August 2015, and has been [Read more]
Championing precision agricultural technologies
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
The technological future of Tasmanian agriculture is on show today at the annual Precision Agriculture Expo at the Hagley Farm School. The Expo combines machinery demonstrations with technology displays to showcase the most up to [Read more]
Parliament seating fiasco: Labor literally wants to get closer to the Greens
Published: Fri 20 Apr 2018, 10:55am
We’ve all seen Labor moving closer to the Greens under Rebecca White’s disastrous leadership, but reports today that Labor is fighting with Greens MP, Rosalie Woodruff about who gets to sit next to Cassy O’Connor [Read more]
Showcasing premium Tasmanian produce to Asia
Published: Thu 19 Apr 2018, 4:35pm
Tasmanian food and beverage products are the envy of the world and next week a Tasmanian delegation will showcase the best of Tasmania to a trade show in Singapore. From April 24-27 the delegation of [Read more]
Tackling youth homelessness
Published: Thu 19 Apr 2018, 4:35pm
The Hodgman Liberal Government is rolling out initiatives under our Affordable Housing Action Plan to help Tasmanians in need, including young people at risk of homelessness. Today, I toured the new nine unit youth at risk [Read more]