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Charter of Human Rights – Labor out of touch
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 1:15pm
Labor’s announcement that they are resurrecting their 2010 proposal for a Charter of Human Rights shows how badly out of touch they are with voters in this campaign. Jobs is the main campaign issue by a country [Read more]
Liberals Remain Silent on Jobs
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 12:20pm
Staff and services at Community Health Centres around the state could be put at risk under the Liberal Party’s plans to slash jobs. Labor Leader and member for Franklin, Lara Giddings, today visited the Devonport [Read more]
Devonport – a Living City
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 12:20pm
The Premier, Lara Giddings, has announced a re-elected Labor Government will transfer ownership of two government-owned buildings in Devonport to unlock the city’s $250 million development potential. Ms Giddings said both the Magistrates Court and [Read more]
Minister O'Byrne must not award Regent Square tender until legal situation is resolved
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 11:25am
The Tasmanian Greens today called on Minister O’Byrne to ensure that no tender is awarded for the construction of the Regent square Hub until such time as the section 64 application, currently before the RMPAT [Read more]
Official Tas election campaign begins
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 11:25am
The campaign for next month's Tasmanian election has officially started, with the issuing of the writs. Topics: states-and-territories, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250 [Read more]
Liberal plan to destroy wilderness gathers pace
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 11:15am
The Tasmanian Greens today ridiculed the Liberals’ proposal to open up National Parks and World Heritage Areas to unrestrained development. [Read more]
Liberal Leader tight-lipped on interstate dash over federal NBN plan
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 11:05am
Liberal leader Will Hodgman is being tight-lipped on the outcome of his meeting with Federal Communications Minister over the National Broadband Network rollout. Topics: federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, elections, tas [Read more]
Time to share savings strategies
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 10:25am
THE Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will today call on Labor and the Greens to outline savings strategies to offset election promises. [Read more]
Abbott set to visit state for Liberals' election fund-raiser
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 10:25am
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott will be in Tasmania on Saturday to help raise money for the Liberals election campaign. [Read more]
Hodgman, Turnbull in NBN talks
Published: Thu 20 Feb 2014, 10:25am
TASMANIAN Liberal Leader Will Hodgman yesterday made a brief visit to Sydney to lobby Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the future of the NBN rollout, as the federal issue continues to dominate the state election. [Read more]