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6 02, 2020

Celebrating Tasmanian women in sport through art

By |2020-02-06T14:19:18+10:00Thursday, 6 February 2020|

Tasmania’s sporting women and girls are being celebrated in a new exhibition that opens at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) this Friday, 7 February. The Change Room highlights the achievements and contribution of Tasmanian female athletes, and also brings to light lesser known stories of sporting excellence, as [...]

31 01, 2020

Parole board appointments

By |2020-02-07T13:10:02+10:00Friday, 31 January 2020|

The Tasmanian Government is pleased to announce former police officer, Randolph Wierenga has been appointed as a deputy member of the Parole Board, while lawyer Kate Cuthbertson has been re-appointed as a member for another three years. Last year, the Tasmanian majority Liberal Government delivered its 2018 election commitment to [...]

31 01, 2020

Solar panels installation warning

By |2020-02-07T13:09:00+10:00Friday, 31 January 2020|

Consumer, Building and Occupations Services (CBOS) is warning Tasmanians to use caution when installing solar panels, particularly for systems being sold by door-to-door salespeople. Installers fitting these systems must have a licence to operate in Tasmania. The main risk of unlicensed people installing panels and associated electrical work is serious [...]

29 01, 2020

Experienced Hobart lawyer in new role

By |2020-02-07T13:11:40+10:00Wednesday, 29 January 2020|

The Tasmanian Government is pleased to announce experienced Hobart lawyer, Alison Clues as the new Chief Commissioner of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal under a five year appointment. Ms Clues replaces Robert Webster who was sworn in as a Magistrate in October 2019 having served as Chief Commissioner since [...]

29 01, 2020

Labor’s shameful corrections wrongs

By |2020-02-07T13:11:08+10:00Wednesday, 29 January 2020|

Labor’s political point-scoring has reached a new low with Shadow Minister for Corrections, Ella Haddad failing to recall her party’s deplorable corrections record during their 16 years in government. Labor and the Greens stood down staff and then promised not one additional correctional officer at the last election. They failed [...]

23 01, 2020

Improving electrical industry safety

By |2020-02-07T13:12:21+10:00Thursday, 23 January 2020|

Legislation designed to help make Tasmania’s electricity industry safer has been released for public consultation. Currently, legislation governing electricity safety is spread across three Acts that have not been updated since the 1990s. Consolidating all legislation relating to electricity safety in one new Act will make it easier for practitioners [...]

17 01, 2020

Community benefiting from corrections work

By |2020-02-06T14:35:35+10:00Friday, 17 January 2020|

The Tasmanian Liberal Government is committed to rehabilitation for offenders and today’s Corrections Day is an opportunity to highlight the important work of our staff throughout Tasmania’s corrections system. I am highly appreciative of the work undertaken by staff within Tasmania’s corrections system. Tasmania Prison Service staff as well as [...]

15 01, 2020

Continuing to move in the right direction

By |2020-02-07T13:13:14+10:00Wednesday, 15 January 2020|

The Tasmanian Government’s priority is jobs and with the fastest growing economy in Australia, the State’s building and construction sector continues to go from strength to strength. Engineering Construction data released by the ABS today shows that over the year to the September 2019 quarter of the value of such [...]

14 01, 2020

Boost for community racing clubs

By |2020-02-07T13:13:56+10:00Tuesday, 14 January 2020|

The Hodgman majority Liberal Government is committed to growing Tasmania’s racing industry. Today, I am delighted to announce the successful applicants of the first round of the Tasmanian Community Racing Club Infrastructure Grants. Nine grants totalling $143,000 will be provided to community racing clubs across the State to help fund infrastructure [...]

10 01, 2020

Tasmania has top breast screening services

By |2020-02-07T13:17:38+10:00Friday, 10 January 2020|

The Hodgman majority Liberal Government is committed to building a better health system for all Tasmanians, which is why it is great to see that the caring staff at BreastScreen Tasmania are being recognised at a national level for the incredible job they carry out across the State in providing [...]

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