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Tasmanian Labor

Standing Up for Qantas Jobs

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 12:25pm

Tasmanian Labor is standing-up to fight for local Qantas jobs. The Premier, Lara Giddings, said the Tasmanian Labor Government has submitted a possible proposal for Qantas to consolidate its Australian [Read more]

The Mercury

Punters point to Liberal win

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 12:00pm

LOCAL punters are putting the bulk of their money on the Liberals ahead of Saturday’s election, new figures show. [Read more]

ABC News Tasmania

Wilkie says Gillard tried to recruit him to Labor

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 11:45am

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says former prime minister Julia Gillard tried to recruit him to the Labor Party and have him run as an ALP candidate in the last election. Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, [Read more]

Tasmanian Labor

Support for TOOL

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:55am

Labor is stepping in to restore funding to a crucial youth diversion program that was axed by the Abbott Government. The Premier, Lara Giddings, today announced a re-elected Labor Government [Read more]

ABC News Tasmania

Qantas reviews Hobart call centre

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:30am

Tasmania's Premier has flagged tax incentives to discourage Qantas from cutting jobs at its Hobart call centre. Qantas met unions yesterday and revealed its reviewing its three Australian call centres, including the Glenorchy centre which [Read more]

The Examiner

As election approaches, interest drifts to aftermath

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:15am

BARRY PRISMALL SAYS: APART from upsets in various seats, last weekend's polling has made a Liberal majority on Saturday a cast iron certainty in the minds of many voters, like it or not. [Read more]

The Examiner

Lambie, PUP may pay heavy price

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:15am

NEWS that the Palmer United Palmer may have breached the Tasmanian Electoral Act with a newspaper advertisement on Monday shows an alarming pattern. [Read more]

The Examiner

Lyons set to punish government

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:10am

THE massive swing toward the Liberal Party in last year's federal election was just a warm up for Lyons, political commentator Richard Ecclestone has said. [Read more]

The Examiner

Palmer pair prepared to be political prisoners

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:10am

PALMER United Party boss Clive Palmer and Tasmanian senator-elect Jacqui Lambie say they are prepared to go to jail as political prisoners over alleged breaches of the Tasmanian Electoral [Read more]

The Examiner

Forced school closures ruled out by Labor

Published: Wed 12 Mar 2014, 10:10am

EDUCATION Minister Brian Wightman has guaranteed no school would be forced to close under a re- elected Labor government. [Read more]


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