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Tasmanian Liberals

$150 million boost to take Tasmanian agriculture to the next level

Published: Thu 1 Feb 2018, 11:45am

Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Primary Industries and Water A re-elected majority Hodgman Liberal Government will invest an additional $35 million into research and innovation as part of a massive $150 million boost to our agriculture [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

JLN Candidates gagged

Published: Thu 1 Feb 2018, 9:50am

Adam Brooks, Liberal Member for Braddon Jacqui Lambie appears to have gagged her candidates from talking to the media. Earlier this week the Advocate newspaper reported that two female candidates had refused to comment on [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Where is the money coming from? - More magic pudding economics from White on health

Published: Thu 1 Feb 2018, 9:50am

Peter Gutwein, Treasurer Labor leader Rebecca White is clearly clueless when it comes to managing a Budget and has been caught out at her CEDA speech yesterday. Ms White claims that she would spend more [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Report on Government Services highlight success of Year 11 and 12 High School extensions

Published: Thu 1 Feb 2018, 9:50am

Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training Today’s release of the Education Report on Government Services (ROGS) confirms the rollout of our Year 11 and 12 High School extension program is working. The Year 12 [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Hobart traffic vision

Published: Thu 1 Feb 2018, 9:10am

Will Hodgman, Premier Rene Hidding, Minister for Infrastructure An underground design for a major new Hobart bus interchange headlines a suite of measures designed to reduce Hobart traffic congestion under a re-elected majority Tasmanian Liberal [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Coordinator-General abolition back on Labor agenda

Published: Wed 31 Jan 2018, 3:05pm

Sarah Courtney, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Rebecca White and Labor have once again switched their position on abolishing the Coordinator-General position – confirming once again that the Coordinator-General and the Coordinator-General office in Launceston [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Update on pregnancy options available to Tasmanian women

Published: Wed 31 Jan 2018, 3:05pm

Michael Ferguson, Minister for Health It is wrong to say that Tasmanian women must fly to Melbourne to have a surgical abortion. I am advised that women wishing to explore the full range of pregnancy [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Lambie misleads Tasmanians on donations

Published: Wed 31 Jan 2018, 12:10pm

Adam Brooks, Liberal Member for Braddon Jacqui Lambie is not being straight with Tasmanians about the political donations she has received. Yesterday on Tasmania Talks* she was asked whether she had received donations of more [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Labor blows the budget in just three days

Published: Wed 31 Jan 2018, 11:20am

Peter Gutwein, Treasurer Tasmanians know they can't trust Labor with money. Just three days into the election campaign Labor has already blown the budget. [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Sawmill jobs benefits to flow statewide

Published: Wed 31 Jan 2018, 10:55am

Guy Barnett, Minister for Resources Yesterday's announcement by Hermal Group that they are establishing a $190 million plantation-based sawmill and production plant has been widely welcomed for the hundreds of direct and thousands of indirect [Read more]


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