Latest News from the Tasmanian Liberals

Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Infrastructure

New Norfolk will gain an extra school bus service in the morning and afternoon from Monday next week, while the 7.17am general access bus will become a Super Express service to improve travel times to the city. Consideration is also being given to an evening Super Express Service during peak traffic.

These services are operated by O’Driscoll’s Coaches Derwent Valley Link.

Peter Gutwein, Treasurer

Today’s shuffling of the deckchairs in the Labor Shadow Cabinet signals the final death throes of Rebecca White’s leadership.

A panicked, under-siege Opposition Leader has moved to desperately try to secure her leadership by promoting her supporters, handing out prizes to everyone while simultaneously demoting the O’Byrnes.

Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Infrastructure

Guy Barnett, Minister for Primary Industries and Water
Minister for Energy

Today Infrastructure Australia (IA) added the Tasmanian Pipeline to Prosperity (Tranche 3) irrigation projects to the “priority initiatives” in the updated Infrastructure Priority List for Australia.

Minister for Infrastructure, Jeremy Rockliff, said the addition of Pipeline to Prosperity is a vote of confidence in the Hodgman Liberal Government’s plan to invest in irrigation to support our agricultural sector.

Elise Archer, Minister for the Arts

A new exhibition titled Dirty Paper has opened at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) today featuring a range of new and existing works created in response to the TMAG collection.

Tasmanian artists Matt Coyle, Tom O’Hern, Joel Crosswell and Lucienne Rickard were invited to visit TMAG’s collection stores and meet with senior curators across multiple disciplines to explore particular objects and specimens.

Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training

Minister for Education Jeremy Rockliff, in conjunction with the Peter Underwood Centre, yesterday launched Children’s University Tasmania on the West Coast.

This exciting opportunity for children living in the region, opens the door for them to explore a pathway to a tertiary education.

Zeehan Primary has become the first school on the West Coast to sign up for the program. The expectation is a number of other schools in the region will soon follow suit.

Peter Gutwein, Treasurer

There is no better place that caters for the free and low cost camping market.

Importantly, visitors and locals alike continue to enjoy camping, and no camping sites have closed, or are flagged to close.

There has been a review into the practical application of the policy in relation to council-owned camping facilities and the outcome will provide greater clarity and certainty for all stakeholders.

Guy Barnett, Minister for Energy

David O’Byrne’s reckless fearmongering is complete nonsense and proves he has learnt nothing about water storage levels since running them to the ground during the Labor-Green Government disaster.

As of February 11, storage levels are at 34.2%, which allows Hydro Tasmania to easily maintain supply to meet Tasmania’s demand for electricity.

These levels put Tasmania in a comfortable position, more than 10 per cent above the high reliability level, despite the dry weather.