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Liberals’ Craggy Ridge commitment to create 1000 new jobs
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 1:00pm
A majority Liberal Government will commit up to $3.4 million to invest in public infrastructure necessary for the Craggy Ridge eco-tourism development to proceed, creating 1000 new jobs for Tasmanians. Jobs will be the number [Read more]

Best vs Green – a preview of Labor-Green chaos
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 12:45pm
The messy spat between rogue Labor MP Brenton Best and Deputy Premier Bryan Green is a preview of what's to come if a Labor-Green Government is re-elected. Labor sow instability wherever they go. Their messy [Read more]

Craggy funds pledged
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 12:00pm
The Tasmanian Liberals today announced that - if elected to a majority government - it will sink $3.4 million into supporting works for a Grindelwald development. [Read more]

Labor renews NBN pole position
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:10am
LABOR has promised to allow $25m worth of free access to Aurora power poles in a last-ditch bid to get its high-wire NBN plan off the ground. [Read more]

Best vs Green - a preview of Labor-Green chaos
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:00am
The messy spat between rogue Labor MP Brenton Best and Deputy Premier Bryan Green is a preview of what's to come if a Labor-Green Government is re-elected. Labor sow instability wherever they go. Their messy [Read more]

Technology to Drive Tasmania’s Future
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:25am
Labor will provide free access to Aurora's power poles to get the full NBN roll-out back on track. [Read more]

Zucco's Integrity Commission threat
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:20am
FORMER Palmer United Party candidate Marti Zucco has threatened to take the party to the Integrity Commission after dropping his Supreme Court appeal against its registration yesterday. [Read more]

$2m plan to create up to 2000 jobs
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:20am
BOOSTING employment remains at the forefront of the state Liberals' election campaign, with leader Will Hodgman yesterday announcing a $2 million funding package to create up to [Read more]

Hodgman's NBN pain
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:20am
Liberal leader Will Hodgman has conceded privately to colleagues that a federal government backflip on the NBN rollout in Tasmania could cost him the election. [Read more]

Premier offers free access to power poles for NBN fibre rollout
Published: Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:10am
Tasmania's Labor Party is offering to give NBN Co free access to the state's power poles in a bid to have optic fibre rolled out across the state. Topics: telecommunications, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, tas, [Read more]