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The Mercury

Greens coming for Libs’ votes

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 11:10pm

GREENS leader Nick McKim will today call for the votes of progressive Liberals who would prefer Malcolm Turnbull over Tony Abbott. [Read more]

Tasmanian Labor

Is Hodgman Backing Ferguson Fiction?

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 8:35pm

The Minister for Education, Brian Wightman, today called on Will Hodgman to say whether he supports Liberal MP Michael Ferguson’s campaign of sending false and misleading propaganda about local schools [Read more]

ABC News Tasmania

Labor backbencher Brenton Best takes aim at the Premier on social media

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 7:25pm

Labor MP Brenton Best has used Facebook to make another call for the Premier's resignation, drawing an internal rebuke. Topics: alp, social-media, tas [Read more]

Tasmanian Greens

Investing in the Public Sector 

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 5:10pm

The Tasmanian Greens today released their public sector policy, committing to no reduction in the size of Tasmania's public sector, a $6m spend on modernizing public sector workplaces, and a scholarship scheme for 5 public [Read more]

Tasmanian Greens

Promoting careers in agriculture

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 4:15pm

The Tasmanian Greens today pledged to fight for a critical Tasmanian agricultural science education program. [Read more]

Tasmanian Greens

Forestry $16M remains unspent while families lose their homes   

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 4:10pm

Forestry $16M remains unspent while families lose their homes    [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Liberals’ commit $6 million to unlock the potential in our Parks and create jobs

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 4:10pm

The Liberals’ number one priority is jobs. A majority Liberal government will aim to grow the number of visitors to Tasmania to 1.5 million by 2020, which the industry has said represents 8000 new jobs. [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Liberals investing to get ready for job-creating NDIS

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 4:10pm

A majority Liberal Government will invest an additional $250,000 into ensuring a job-ready workforce to meet the new jobs in Tasmania to be delivered under the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This is on top of [Read more]

Tasmanian Liberals

Liberals commit $110 million for roads

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 4:10pm

A majority Hodgman Liberal Government will provide $110 million for road upgrades, right around the state. We are able to deliver this road funding because unlike Labor, we won’t cut infrastructure funding by $35m in [Read more]

ABC News Tasmania

Calls for Liberals to clarify public service jobs pledge

Published: Tue 4 Mar 2014, 2:30pm

The Premier and the Greens are demanding the Liberal Party come clean on the exact number of people affected by public service cuts. Liberal Leader Will Hodgman insists that by the end of a Liberal [Read more]


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