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Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

Today I helped Anglicare launch National Homeless Persons' Week in Tasmania. The Liberal Government is committed to tackling homelessness and increasing affordable housing. In the upcoming state budget we will deliver our promises, fix the [Read more]

Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

Congratulations to Tasmanian hockey player Eddie Ockenden on winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 27-year-old scored the Kookaburra's fourth goal in the final to ensure the emphatic defeat of India [Read more]

Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

The Liberal Government is committed to encouraging an active lifestyle, particularly among our children. Events such as the School Sport Australia 12 Years and Under National Hockey Championships, which I officially opened in Hobart today, [Read more]

Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

The Liberal Government is committed to improving the education, training and skills qualifications of all Tasmanian students. Our Partnership Agreement with the University of Tasmania to deliver the Bigger Things project is just one way [Read more]

Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

Figures out today in both retail trade and the property market show the economy continues to grow under the Liberal Government. Monthly ABS figures show retail turnover in Tasmania has increased by 9.4 per cent [Read more]

Published: Tue 5 Aug 2014, 12:20pm

“Reports today that staff of Fair Work Building and Construction have been both physically and verbally assaulted when performing their duties on the Barangaroo site in Sydney are a cause of great alarm,” Employment Minister [Read more]

Published: Mon 4 Aug 2014, 6:00pm

The Liberal Government is committed to encouraging an active lifestyle, particularly among our children. Tasmania's participation with School Sports Australia was a trial that started in 2012. Prior to this, Tasmania had not been involved [Read more]

Published: Mon 4 Aug 2014, 6:00pm

The Labor Party has been exposed for peddling false hope to Tasmanians, and supporting smoking of cannabis despite claiming publicly otherwise. What has been approved at Norfolk Island is not a medical trial. It is [Read more]

Published: Mon 4 Aug 2014, 6:00pm

The Liberal Government is delivering on its commitments and building on Tasmania's competitive strengths, including our undisputed status as the home of trout fishing in Australia. The official opening of the 2014-15 trout season today [Read more]

Published: Mon 4 Aug 2014, 6:00pm

Tasmanian Development Board Chairman Lyn Cox will step down from the role at the end of his current term on August 7. The Government acknowledges Mr Cox's significant contribution to the Board as a Director [Read more]