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Labor leader holds forums for rank and file to rebuild after election loss
Published: Thu 3 Apr 2014, 8:15am
Tasmanian Labor MPs will hold membership forums across the state as the party comes to terms with its heavy electoral defeat after 16 years in government. The forums were to be part of a [Read more]
Tasmania's new Resources Minister on a steep learning curve
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 6:50pm
Tasmania's new Resources Minister, Paul Harriss, could not name a major mining industry player at his first media conference in the north-west Topics: states-and-territories, mining-industry, burnie-7320 [Read more]
Plea to halt annual mutton bird hunt 'ignored by Tasmanian Government'
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 4:20pm
Tasmania's new Government has been accused of ignoring requests to halt the annual mutton bird hunt. The Aboriginal community has voted to abandon its commercial season and wants quotas cut for the recreational hunt. [Read more]
Aborigines accuse government of ignoring pleas to stop mutton bird hunt
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 3:40pm
Aborigines in Tasmania are accusing the state's new government of ignoring requests not to go ahead with the annual mutton bird hunt. Topics: birds, aboriginal, states-and-territories, cape-barren-island-7257 [Read more]
Family of murdered man Shane Barker urges return of cold case unit
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 12:55pm
The family of a murdered Tasmanian man has urged the State Government to honour its pledge to re-establish the police cold case unit. Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, states-and-territories, campbell-town-7210 [Read more]
New Treasurer pledges to keep Forestry Tasmania solvent
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 10:50am
The forest industry doubts Forestry Tasmania will be able to stay afloat if the new Government withdraws a $95 million taxpayer subsidy. Topics: states-and-territories, forests, forestry, timber, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
Labor needs to act on Crean advice
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 9:45am
Former Labor leader Simon Crean’s comments in the media today add weight to the Coalition’s calls to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission and support the Royal Commission into financial irregularities in the union [Read more]
Celebrating rural woman in business
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 9:45am
A social worker, farmer and mother of five has been announced as the Tasmanian state winner of the 2014 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Richard Colbeck said the [Read more]
Peak body stands by forestry deal
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 9:45am
TASMANIA’S peak forest industry group says it remains committed to the TFA while working with the new Government that wants to tear it up. [Read more]
Tasmanian Liberal Government sacks agency heads
Published: Wed 2 Apr 2014, 9:35am
Two heads of department in Tasmania have been sacked by the new government, effective today. Topics: states-and-territories, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]