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Pressure mounts to review Susan Neill-Fraser murder conviction
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 4:45pm
The pressure is mounting on the State Government to order an urgent review of the murder conviction of Susan Neill-Fraser. Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, tas [Read more]
Major Grant for Queens Domain Community Hub
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 12:20pm
The Liberal Government will provide $80,000 to the Hobart City Council through Sport and Recreation Tasmania's 2014 Major Grants Program. The grant will help to fund Stage 2 of the Community Hub, which will be [Read more]
Delivering the Budget Tasmania Needs
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 12:20pm
This coming week, the Liberal Government will hand down its first budget, targeting a return to surplus in 6 years. On the budget settings of the former Labor-Green government, a surplus would not be achieved [Read more]
Events Tasmania Grants Program Open
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 12:20pm
The Liberal Government is committed to attracting 1.5 million visitors to our state by 2020 and our Events Tasmania Grants Program will help to achieve this. Applications for the grants program are now open, offering [Read more]
Welcome to new Metro CEO
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 12:20pm
Tasmanian Stuart Wiggins is to be congratulated on his appointment as the new Chief Executive Officer of Metro Tasmania. Mr Wiggins will join Metro from VEC Civil Engineering, where he is the general manager. He [Read more]
Sports Grants Programs Open
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 12:20pm
The Liberal Government is committed to encouraging active lifestyles and the annual sport and recreation grants will help to achieve this. Applications for the 2014-15 Minor Grants and the 2015 Major Grants programs are now [Read more]
Countdown on to Liberals' first Tasmanian budget
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 11:55am
After 16 years in opposition, Tasmania's Liberals are now in control of the purse strings and will remove the covers from their first budget on Thursday. Topics: states-and-territories, budget, public-sector, tas [Read more]
Lazarus warns tax hikes would be 'political suicide'
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 11:55am
Palmer United Party Senate leader Glenn Lazarus says it would be "political suicide" for the Government to go ahead with its threat to raise taxes if it cannot get its budget passed. Yesterday, Finance Minister [Read more]
Fact check: PUP Senator Jacqui Lambie incorrect on defence spending
Published: Mon 25 Aug 2014, 6:35am
Palmer United Party Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie says Australia isn't spending enough on defence. "Australia's defence spending as a ratio of our GDP (1.5 per cent) is the lowest it's ever been since pre-World [Read more]