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Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:55am

A majority Liberal Government will invest $3 million to help keep people with chronic illness out of hospital, by providing them with quality care in the home or community, including restoring Hospital in the Home [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:55am

The Liberals are recognising the vital contribution that seniors make to the social and economic wellbeing of Tasmania with 'Celebrating Seniors', a policy that acknowledges the value seniors contribute to the State.  By 2020, older [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:55am

Rebuilding essential services is a key element of the Liberal plan for Tasmania. A majority Liberal Government will invest an additional $1.95 million into mental health and developing a seamless and integrated mental health system [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:55am

The Liberal Party has underfunded their nurse graduate policy by well over 25 per cent, making yet another promise they cannot possibly keep. The Minister for Health, Michelle O’Byrne, said Will Hodgman and Jeremy Rockliff’s [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:45am

BUOYED by the support of all Tasmanian political parties, the Stop the Trawler Alliance is now taking its campaign to Canberra. [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:30am

The Tasmanian Greens today announced a $3.75 million dollars commitment to mental health over the next four years. [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:55am

A re-elected Labor Government will replace the ageing St Helens District Hospital with a brand new, purpose built facility. [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:55am

Premier Lara Giddings said the result in yesterday’s Queensland by-election showed just how much the impact of massive Liberal Party cuts were having in that state. Ms Giddings said the voters of Redcliffe had made [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:05am

The Premier must declare exactly where she stands on the matter of her rogue MP Brenton Best after he castigated her today for neglecting to consult him during the campaign, once again highlighting the deep [Read more]

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:05am

Suppression orders should only be made where there is an overwhelming public interest involved. This is especially so when there is risk of harm to the broader community, such as allegations of infection by communicable [Read more]