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Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 4:35pm

Objections by police were partly behind the Tasmanian Government's rejection of a medical cannabis growing trial, Parliament has been told. Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, states-and-territories, drug-use, police, tas [Read more]

Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 4:20pm

The Tasmanian Premier and other state officials have condemned a Tasmanian senator's comments warning of a potential Chinese invasion. Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, tourism, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, tas, australia, china [Read more]

Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 3:10pm

Labor Leader Bryan Green today accused the Liberal Government of a deceitful and lazy response to challenges facing the mining industry on the West Coast. “The Liberals have abandoned their [Read more]

Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 3:10pm

The Liberal Government has serious questions to answer over damning revelations that the Triabunna Port could be sold to Jan Cameron and Graeme Wood. Tasports has revealed Liberal Ministers have [Read more]

Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 12:35pm

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has branded Clive Palmer's comments this week regarding China as "over the top, shrill and wrong". Topics: federal-parliament, federal-government, world-politics, australia, tas, wa, qld, china, asia [Read more]

Published: Wed 20 Aug 2014, 12:30am

THE State Government has continued its unapologetic stance on its tough anti-protest laws, as the issue dominated the agenda when State Parliament resumed yesterday. [Read more]

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2014, 9:30pm

The Tasmanian Government, CSIRO and beekeepers have teamed up to fight a pest that could threaten Australian food production. Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-chemicals, beekeeping, science-and-technology, university-of-tasmania-7005, tas [Read more]

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2014, 6:20pm

Tasmania's Resources Minister Paul Harriss is seeking substantial changes to his forest peace deal repeal bill which is due to be debated on Wednesday. Topics: states-and-territories, timber, forests, forestry, tas [Read more]

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2014, 2:00pm

The organisers of the Hobart Baroque festival hope winning a national Helpmann award will strengthen their case to secure more state government funding. Topics: music-awards, opera-and-musical-theatre, hobart-7000 [Read more]

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2014, 12:50pm

The Tasmanian Liberal Government remains unequivocal in our support for the Renewable Energy Target (RET), which recognises and rewards Tasmania's generation of clean renewable energy. The RET supports Tasmanian jobs and economic growth and that [Read more]