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Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 4:40pm

Bryan Green MP Labor Leader The Liberal Government needs to reveal when it will deliver on its promise to reduce fares on the Spirit of Tasmania by 20 per cent. [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 4:40pm

Welfare group Anglicare Tasmania is urging governments to step up housing support for low income earners. Topics: housing, welfare, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 4:05pm

Tasmania's Health Minister is yet to detail how the Government will deal with a massive blowout in the budget for the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment. Topics: healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000 [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 2:00pm

Launceston today hosts the first ABARES Regional Outlook Conference of the year, which provides an important snapshot of Tasmania’s agriculture sector and the opportunities ahead.   Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Richard [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 2:00pm

There has been some misreporting about the 1,000 FTE reduction referred to in yesterday's Budget Risks Report. [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 2:00pm

Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Eric Abetz said today’s result of the Western Australian Senate election confirming the election of three Liberal Senators was an overwhelming endorsement of the strong Liberal Senate [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 2:00pm

The Liberal Government welcomes today's announcement by KordaMentha that they have signed an agreement with New Forests for the sale of Gunns Tasmanian forestry assets. [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 1:20pm

The Federal Government is giving no guarantee funds tied to Tasmania's forest peace deal will be rolled out in full this year. Topics: federal---state-issues, forestry, federal-government, dairy-production, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 1:10pm

SA's Employee Ombudsman has faced court over dishonesty offences allegedly committed while he was a union official. Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, public-sector, unions, adelaide-5000, sa, tas, australia [Read more]

Published: Wed 30 Apr 2014, 11:30am

Bryan Green MP Labor Leader   Labor Leader Bryan Green dismissed as mischievous the Liberals’ attempt to shift the blame for job cuts they will have to make. “Peter Gutwein’s [Read more]