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Published: Fri 15 Aug 2014, 11:15am

The Liberal Government is committed to building on our competitive advantages, particularly in tourism. We are committed to a target of attracting 1.5 million visitors to Tasmania per year by 2020, which the industry tells [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 8:00pm

The approval of a trial of medicinal cannabis that had been granted by Norfolk Island's government has been overturned by the Commonwealth. Topics: health, cannabis, medical-ethics, norfolk-island-2899, australia, tas [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 6:20pm

A Tasmanian MP on the committee investigating the Triabunna mill sale has called the inquiry a sham because the State Government has already decided on its findings. Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, regional-development, hobart-7000 [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 5:35pm

Claims that the environmentalists who bought the Triabunna mill had been trying to lease the site for woodchipping have been brought into question at a Tasmanian inquiry. Topics: forestry, forests, environment, state-parliament, government-and-politics, triabunna-7190 [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 12:55pm

Claims that the environmentalists who bought the Triabunna mill had been trying to lease the site for woodchipping have been brought into question at a Tasmanian inquiry. Topics: forestry, forests, environment, state-parliament, government-and-politics, triabunna-7190 [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 10:55am

Labor Leader Bryan Green is challenging Liberal politicians to either stand by or shut down comments made by Federal Member for Lyons Eric Hutchinson, who is advocating either selling the [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 9:55am

The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) will play a critical role in achieving the Liberal Government's target of growing the farm gate value of the state's agricultural produce tenfold by 2050. In opening the TIA's [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 9:55am

Today, I was proud to approve the deployment of two Tasmania Police officers to the Netherlands to assist with identifying the victims of the MH17 tragedy. The Australian Federal Police requested the assistance of two [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 9:55am

Tasmania's Commonwealth Games athletes have given us all a great sense of pride and ensured the state is never left off the map. Three of our seven athletes who competed at the 20th Commonwealth Games [Read more]

Published: Thu 14 Aug 2014, 9:55am

The Liberal Government is committed to helping businesses create jobs and grow the economy. Today I was very pleased to join Vodafone representatives as they released plans for their new purpose built CBD facility. The [Read more]