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ATO set for more job losses
Published: Tue 3 Jun 2014, 1:50pm
THE Australian Services Union says as many as 60 Hobart ATO workers could be made redundant by October. [Read more]
Hundreds of jobs axed as electrical firm folds
Published: Tue 3 Jun 2014, 1:30pm
About 600 workers across Australia are to lose their jobs after a major electrical firm announced it has gone into receivership. Topics: unemployment, unions, states-and-territories, vic, australia, sa, qld, tas [Read more]
PSG Electrical axes 200 Tasmanian jobs after company fails
Published: Tue 3 Jun 2014, 1:20pm
Hundreds of Tasmanians have lost their jobs after a national electrical company went into administration. The electrical union says about 200 workers at PSG Electrical were told this morning they no longer had jobs. [Read more]
Hundreds of jobs axed as electrical contractor folds
Published: Tue 3 Jun 2014, 1:10pm
Around 600 workers across Australia are to lose their jobs after a major electrical contractor announced it has gone into receivership. Topics: unemployment, unions, states-and-territories, vic, australia, sa, qld, tas [Read more]
Pay freeze for Tasmanian MPs, despite tribunal tick for 8 pc rise
Published: Tue 3 Jun 2014, 10:55am
The Tasmanian Premier will not act on an independent recommendation for an 8 per cent pay rise for politicians. Labor and the Greens have both declared now is not the time for a pay rise. [Read more]
Sidelined Tasmanian health boss Jane Holden's future unclear
Published: Mon 2 Jun 2014, 8:35pm
The Tasmanian Government is not saying whether sidelined health manager, Jane Holden, met today's deadline to explain why she should not be sacked. Topics: health-administration, states-and-territories, public-sector, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
Report on Northern Suburbs Rail proposal
Published: Mon 2 Jun 2014, 3:50pm
The Government has received the PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) report into the Hobart Northern Suburbs Light Rail proposal. [Read more]
Growing Tasmania's tourism industry
Published: Mon 2 Jun 2014, 3:50pm
The Liberal Government has set a target of growing our tourism industry to 1.5 million visitors per year, creating 8,000 new jobs. QantasLink's decision to replace its 737 and Q400 planes with Boeing [Read more]
Smoking rates decreasing
Published: Mon 2 Jun 2014, 3:50pm
The Liberal Government is committed to improving the health of all Tasmanians. I welcome news that smoking in Tasmania has reached an historic low according to the latest figures. [Read more]
Westbury Water Treatment Plant
Published: Mon 2 Jun 2014, 3:50pm
The Liberal Government is committed to delivering our long-term plan for the future of Tasmania and rebuilding our essential services. I am extremely pleased to officially open TasWater's new Westbury Water Treatment Plant. [Read more]