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Wilderness railway work on hold while department waits for new minister
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 7:50pm
Major work on the re-opened Abt railway in Tasmania's north-west has stopped, pending the incoming minister's approval of major expenditure. Topics: rail-transport, rural-tourism, states-and-territories, queenstown-7467, strahan-7468 [Read more]
Labor warns incoming Liberals they will be held to account
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 3:05pm
The Labor Party in Tasmania is vowing to use its experience from 16 years in office to hold the incoming Liberal Government to account. Topics: states-and-territories, elections, tas, burnie-7320, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
WA's share of GST slashed to record low
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 2:45pm
Western Australia's share of the GST pie has been slashed to a record low. Topics: tax, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, australia, qld, nt, nsw, sa, tas, vic, wa [Read more]
Hockey says states support asset sale plan
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 2:10pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey says he has won the support of his state counterparts for the mass privatisation of government-owned assets in exchange for federal funding for new roads, ports and rail-lines. Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, [Read more]
Which ‘law’ Mr Hodgman?
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 1:35pm
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP has challenged Premier elect Will Hodgman to identify which “law” he is referring to that prescribes resourcing and parliamentary rights. [Read more]
McKim keen to snare fair share
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 12:55pm
GREENS leader Nick McKim will seek a meeting with Premier-elect Will Hodgman next week to discuss future resources for the three remaining Greens MPs. [Read more]
Senator disputes ABC report on Tasmanian forest de-listing
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 9:25am
The Federal Government is disputing findings of an ABC Fact Check report on moves to de-list thousands of hectares from Tasmania's World Heritage Area. Topics: forestry, forests, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
Scrutiny of Tasmanian forest de-listing claims disputed
Published: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 9:05am
The Federal Government is disputing findings of an ABC Fact Check report on moves to de-list thousands of hectares from Tasmania's World Heritage Area. Topics: forestry, forests, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
Veteran ready for the fight
Published: Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:15pm
A GIANT next egg wasn’t enough to convince David Llewellyn to stay away from politics. [Read more]
Counting finalised in State Election
Published: Thu 27 Mar 2014, 4:40pm
THE make-up of Tasmania’s next State Parliament is now known with counting completed this afternoon in all five state electorates. [Read more]