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Volunteer Spotlight: Ralph and Glenys Cruickshank
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 3:20pm
Throughout the state election campaign, we will be profiling some of our great volunteers around the state who are putting in the hard yards to get Labor re-elected in 2014. Ralph and Glenys Cruikshank have [Read more]
Junior Sport, February 19: pictures, photos
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 2:00pm
Pictures from the under-13 cricket and Devonport Little Athletics meet. [Read more]
Liberals must come clean on Super Trawler
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 1:35pm
The Tasmanian Greens today reiterated their long held stance of a permanent ban on the operation of supertrawlers in Australian waters and called on both State Labor and, in particular, the Liberal party to support [Read more]
Rec Fishers Duped By Super Trawler Scare Campaign
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 1:25pm
Recreational fishers will be outraged that their TV campaign against the super trawler has been hijacked by Labor and the Greens. The Liberals stand shoulder to shoulder with recreational fishers in opposing the super trawler. [Read more]
Labor riven by division
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 1:25pm
The political maxim that a party that can’t govern itself can’t govern the state has never held more true than for the Labor Party today with more revelations of splits. The Examiner reported this morning [Read more]
Liberal plan to create new tourism jobs: unlocking our parks and World Heritage areas
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 1:25pm
Tasmania’s natural environment, including our world class national parks and world heritage areas, are one of our greatest assets, and most valuable tourism drawcards. Unfortunately, under Labor and the Greens, sensible development in our national [Read more]
Bringing Big Data south
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:40pm
The Tasmanian Greens have today announced a plan to attract new major industrial energy users to Tasmania and drive growth in Tasmania’s information technology sector. [Read more]
Poll-driven Liberals driven to poles for NBN
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:40pm
Labor candidate for Bass Andrew Connor today said Tasmanian Liberal Party MPs resembled rats off Malcolm Turnbull’s sinking NBN ship in a desperate act of political survival. Mr Connor said it was a great shame [Read more]
Community Services at Risk from Liberal Cuts
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:40pm
Online Access Centres around the state will be put at risk under the Liberal Party’s plans to slash jobs. Labor Leader and member for Franklin, Lara Giddings, today visited the Derwent Valley Online Access Centre [Read more]
Premier spruiks NBN opportunities
Published: Wed 19 Feb 2014, 12:00pm
PREMIER Lara Giddings has again hit the hustings to talk up the virtues of the National Broadband Network. [Read more]