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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]