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Funding Security for Volunteering Tasmania
National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to thank the thousands of Tasmanians who selflessly give their time for the sake of...
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After 22 years, Volunteering Tasmania is granted Peak Body recognition by State Government
National Volunteer Week (11-17 May) is the perfect time for State Premier Will Hodgman to announce that Volunteering Tasmania has been officially...
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Funding for Mersey hospital a Budget wild card
Labor Leader Bryan Green said continued Commonwealth funding for the Mersey Community Hospital was a wild card in the Federal Budget. “Why...
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Visionless budget fails to deliver for Tasmania
Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the 2015-16 Federal Budget. Senator Whish-Wilson said, “This budget has put...
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FEDERAL BUDGET PRIORITISES LIBERAL SELF-INTEREST OVER TASMANIA’S INTERESTS
The Abbott federal budget is clearly more focused on investing in the Liberal Party’s future than it is about investing in the...
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VETERAN PENSION INCREASES WILL BE FAIR
THIS week’s Federal Budget has confirmed that pensions for veterans and their families will increase by whatever is the greatest measure –...
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BUDGET CUTS $136 MILLION FROM TASMANIAN SCHOOLS …
… AND ABANDONS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY Tasmanian students are the big losers from the Federal Budget which fails to deliver funding for...
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HEALTH STAFF ARE STILL WAITING ON THE STATE GOVERNMENT …
… TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR NORTHERN TASMANIA’S ONLY PUBLIC REHABILITION FACILITY – THE JOHN L GROVE UNIT. The...
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Small business package puts back what the Government took away
The Greens spokesperson for Small Business, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the Government’s attempts to put back into this budget, what they themselves...
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745Extraordinary Political Cartoonist to Deliver 2015 PEN Lecture in Hobart
Amber Wilson, Tasmanian Writers’ Centre Communications Officer The Tasmanian Writers’ Centre is hosting what is sure to be an astounding evening with...
