Posted by on Feb 26, 2014 in News and Media | 0 comments

Liberals commit to reopening Arthur-Pieman for recreational access, with $300,000 investment in tracks

A majority Liberal Government will invest $300,000 on improving recreational access in the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area in line with its commitment of reversing the Labor-Green lock-ups. Unlike Labor and the Greens, the Liberals support sustainable recreational access to the Arthur-Pieman and that’s why we will, in government, commit additional funding to allow tracks that they closed to be reopened. As we have said on many occasions, cutting access to an area long enjoyed by Tasmanian families...
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Posted by on Feb 16, 2014 | 0 comments

Liberals invest $1.5 milli...

Job creation will be the number one priority of a majority Liberal Government, and we have set a target of reducing Tasmania’s unemployment rate to at least the national average, within our first term. As part of our long-term job creation plan, a majority Liberal Government will invest an additional $1.5 million to boost the hospitality industry, creating jobs and growing the economy. The hospitality...
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Posted by on Feb 13, 2014 | 0 comments

Victoria Cross a worthy tr...

Today’s announcement that Burnie-born Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird will be posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross is a welcome tribute to an Australian hero. Corporal Baird will become the 100th Australian serviceman to be awarded the VC, the 14th Tasmanian and indeed the first Tasmanian since the end of the First World War. Many of these awards were made to men who, like Corporal Baird, died in the...
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