Hospital staff wanting to offer patients an icy pole or other simple comfort foods are meeting a “crude penny-pinching” hurdle, an independent MP says. Check out the list of “non-standard food items”.
Labor has appealed to the government not to sell off TasTAFE as part of the government’s privatisation push. The government’s reply has been swift.
The Macquarie Point Development Corporation has already tried and failed to challenge against the planning rules governing its stadium proposal, the Greens say.
The government has defended Labor’s criticism of a $10m bill for Tasmanians going interstate for medical treatment. Read why they disagree.
Exclusive polling shows female voters are backing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over Peter Dutton. Two young Tasmanian female voters explain why.
The national public sector union has warned that the Coalition’s proposed public sector cuts could see hundreds of Tasmanians sacked and the local economy damaged.
The Greens are hoping their Legislative candidate for the seat of Pembroke will be elected, giving them a second member in the powerful Upper House.
In the space of an hour, Federal Labor Candidate for Bass Jess Teesdale went from wanting to see native forestry logging end in Tasmania to supporting the industry. What went down.
The Macquarie Point Development Corporation has issued a blistering rejection of an independent expert panel’s assessment of its proposed stadium.
The Hanson name has long been a headline-act in Australian politics – and it is likely to stay that way for some time yet.
A team of crossbenchers unite in ‘disgust’ of Labor’s unconditional support of the proposed Macquarie Point stadium.
The minority Liberal government’s privatisation push looks doomed after both Houses of Parliament passed motions opposing the sale of state-owned assets.
If elected, the Coalition has vowed to cut federal government funding for an organisation that was one of the driving forces behind the review of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour.
With a ‘polarising’ political figure as a mother, Tasmania’s One Nation senate hopeful never planned to enter politics but now feels compelled to do so.
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