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Published: Fri 1 Aug 2014, 9:10am

Former Tasmanian premier Paul Lennon has claimed he was ejected from a Melbourne casino and subsequently fined after licking his finger during a poker game. Mr Lennon was fined $738 by Victorian police for failing [Read more]

Published: Thu 31 Jul 2014, 12:05pm

UPDATE: PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has been forced to divert to Hobart after extreme weather prevented his plane landing at Launceston Airport. [Read more]

Published: Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:10am

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott will arrive in Launceston this morning for a meeting of the Joint Commonwealth and Tasmanian Economic Council. [Read more]

Published: Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:45am

A NATIONAL memorial service for victims of the MH17 disaster will be held in Melbourne on August 7, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced. [Read more]

Published: Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:20am

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has set off for Tasmania in a bid to convince the state to change its mind on selling its energy assets. The state Liberals promised before the election that state-owned assets [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Jul 2014, 7:50pm

The chair of Hydro Tasmania, former Labor treasurer Dr David Crean, has resigned after 10 years in the job. Topics: hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, political-parties, government-and-politics, tas [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Jul 2014, 7:30pm

The long-running plan to make Brighton the freight centre of southern Tasmania has taken a major leap forward with logistics giant Toll Holdings opening its new headquarters. Topics: business-economics-and-finance, transport, government-and-politics, brighton-7030 [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Jul 2014, 1:00pm

Tasmanians can now sign condolence sheets in memory of those who lost their lives in the Malaysia Airlines tragedy at all Service Tasmania shops and several Council Offices state-wide. The community is invited to pay [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Jul 2014, 1:00pm

The Liberal Government is keeping our election promises, fixing the budget mess and laying the foundations for a brighter future. Our four point reform plan, One State, One Health System; Better Outcomes, will give Tasmanians [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Jul 2014, 1:00pm

The Liberal Government welcomes the seizure by Tasmania Police of very significant quantities of illicit drugs as part of an international investigation. We commend our local police on their work on this operation, and their [Read more]