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Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 12:30pm

Teachers from Tasmania's 37 Catholic schools are on strike as a protracted industrial dispute drags on. Negotiations between the Catholic Education Office and the Independent Education Union broke down again last week. [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 11:55am

For more than a decade, riverbanks washing away by the tonne had been the stuff of nightmares for farmers in the picturesque Flowerdale Valley in Tasmania's north-west. But now there is political interest in remedying [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 11:15am

Catholic teachers across Tasmania are set to strike today in their protracted industrial dispute which has already disrupted schools. Negotiations between the Catholic Education Office and the Independent Education Union broke down again last week. [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 11:05am

Catholic teachers across Tasmania are set to strike today in a bitter industrial campaign which has already disrupted schools. Negotiations between the Catholic Education Office and the Independent Education Union broke down again last week. [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

The Liberal Government will bring on a bill when parliament resumes to remove the eligibility requirement for candidates to have completed at least 12 months service as a councillor before standing for the positions of [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

The Liberal Government is a strong supporter of the arts and events in Tasmania. Organisers of Hobart Baroque requested total funding of $3.05 m for the 2015 – 2017 financial years, on average $1m a [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

The Junction Arts Festival will once again shine the spotlight on Northern Tasmania. The Liberal Government is committing $750,000 over three years to secure the future of the arts festival, which last year injected more [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

The State Budget will deliver on our promises, fix the Labor-Green budget mess and lay the foundations for the future. The Liberal Government will deliver on its election commitment to provide better flood protection in [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

Senator Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, is visiting forestry operations near Maryborough in regional Queensland this week. [Read more]

Published: Thu 7 Aug 2014, 10:40am

The Liberal Government is a strong supporter of the arts in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is one of the hubs of the arts in this state and is an institution which [Read more]