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Published: Sun 27 Jul 2014, 6:05pm

Since 2010, the Coalition has been promising a $400 million federal grant to upgrade Tasmania's Midland Highway between Launceston and Hobart. The ongoing discussion has repeatedly referred to duplicating the highway, making it a dual [Read more]

Published: Sun 27 Jul 2014, 6:05pm

On August 28, 2013, Tony Abbott pledged $16 million towards upgrading the Cadbury chocolate factory in Hobart. Topics: liberals, federal-government, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, abbott-tony, hobart-7000, tas, australia [Read more]

Published: Sun 27 Jul 2014, 4:40pm

A Launceston magistrate who is about to retire is the latest legal expert to express concern about the Tasmanian Government's plan to scrap suspended sentences. Tim Hill has presided over cases in northern Tasmania for [Read more]

Published: Sun 27 Jul 2014, 12:45pm

Tasmania's Opposition Leader has called for fresh policy ideas as the party tries to rebuild and reclaim government. Labor's Bryan Green has delivered his first address as leader at the state conference since the ALP [Read more]

Published: Sat 26 Jul 2014, 3:55pm

Labor's Tasmanian branch has voted to bar non-party members from ever again entering Labor-led state cabinets. An internal review concluded a power-sharing deal with the Greens in 2010 turned voters away at this year's disastrous [Read more]

Published: Sat 26 Jul 2014, 11:50am

Tasmania's health system will be overhauled in an attempt to improve services and reduce spending. Health Minister Michael Ferguson has told a state health conference the current model of three separate regional Tasmanian Health Organisations [Read more]

Published: Fri 25 Jul 2014, 3:05pm

The Liberal Party is the party of lower taxes. Today I addressed the 2014 States' Taxation Conference in Hobart where I reaffirmed our commitment to no new taxes in the coming budget. The reason the [Read more]

Published: Fri 25 Jul 2014, 3:05pm

In a real-life learning opportunity with environmental benefits, TasTAFE conservation and land management students have rehabilitated bushfire-damaged habitat adjacent to their Clarence Campus. Today, I was pleased to join TasTAFE CEO Stephen Conway, staff and [Read more]

Published: Fri 25 Jul 2014, 3:05pm

The Liberal Government is committed to delivering improved housing options for older Tasmanians. We are committed to developing a State Affordable Housing Plan, which will provide a clear framework for the next decade around home [Read more]

Published: Fri 25 Jul 2014, 3:05pm

The Liberal Government is committed to building on our competitive strengths such as tourism, and key to this is the new stand-alone Tourism Tasmania. Our plan is to grow the number of visitors to Tasmania [Read more]