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Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 6:00pm

The support for the Liberal Government's plan to extend Years 11 and 12 in rural and regional high schools continues to grow. A tenth school, St Helens District High, has expressed interest in [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 6:00pm

The Liberal Government has moved, as promised, to introduce the specific crime of interfering with a war memorial. This legislation recognises that when vandals damage war memorials they cause considerable hurt and distress [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 6:00pm

The CFMEU has again shown why it is a rogue union that does not believe it should be subject to the law of the land.   Its national secretary Dave Noonan today claimed that enforcement [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 6:00pm

Safety and a consistent approach to traffic management on road works sites will be the focus of a new collaborative approach by the Liberal Government, civil contractors and the RACT. Improving our road infrastructure is [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 2:45pm

The Hodgman Liberal government has been exposed as duplicitous with Resources Minister, Paul Harriss, admitting that the public will continue to provide support to Forestry Tasmania despite commitments to end all public subsidies, Greens Leader [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 1:05pm

There are claims the Tasmanian Government's signature forestry bill will not deliver on the Liberals' key election promise to tear up the forest peace deal. The bill will go to the Upper House next week. [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 9:35am

Debate on the Tasmanian Government's bid to rip up the forestry peace deal has been delayed by a routine budget supply matter. Topics: forestry, forests, states-and-territories, tas [Read more]

Published: Fri 30 May 2014, 8:30am

Unionists are claiming workers on a major redevelopment in Hobart's CBD have been blacklisted for reporting asbestos scares. WorkSafe Tasmania is investigating asbestos removal practises on the Parliament Square site and potential exposure to [Read more]

Published: Thu 29 May 2014, 4:50pm

The Tasmanian Greens are accusing the Government of being tricky by guaranteeing concessions payments to seniors for only two months. The subsidies to help seniors pay council rates, power and water bills, and buy bus [Read more]

Published: Thu 29 May 2014, 12:50pm

The Tasmanian Planning Reform Taskforce has today started work on delivering the Liberal Government's long term plan for a single state-wide planning scheme. [Read more]