Latest News from the Tasmanian Liberals

Sarah Courtney, Minister for Resources

The Tasmanian forest industry has today released the Tasmanian Forest Managers Good Neighbour Protocol.  The protocol is an initiative of the Tasmanian forest industry to ensure that neighbours of forest growers continue to be treated with dignity and respect, and are provided with genuine opportunities for input to forest and land management issues.

Guy Barnett, Minister for Primary Industries and Water

Today we celebrate the long and distinguished career of one of Tasmania’s most valuable Biosecurity assets, Hunta the Detector dog.

In 7 years, Hunta has cleared tens-of-thousands of passengers coming off hundreds of cruise vessels, and been up in the luggage compartment of buses, in port terminals and gangways to process passengers arriving at Tasmanian ports.

Will Hodgman, Premier

This weekend, Tasmanians in Pembroke, Nelson and Montgomery have a clear choice when they vote in Legislative Council elections.

Nic Street in Nelson, Kristy Johnson in Pembroke and Leonie Hiscutt in Montgomery are standing on a platform to create jobs, grow the economy, keep Tasmanians safe, invest in health and education, and protect the Tasmanian way of life.

Of all the candidates at this weekend’s election, our Liberal candidates are the only ones who can deliver on commitments made to the electorate as members of the Liberal Government.

Guy Barnett, Minister for Primary Industries and Water

The Tasmanian Government welcomes today’s announcement of $3 million in rebates for drought affected farmers to purchase new on-farm water infrastructure.

The Federal Coalition and Tasmanian governments are delivering $3 million to help make Tasmanian farms more drought resilient, with eligible farmers and producers able to claim up to a quarter of the cost of new purchases and installation of new on-farm infrastructure up to $25,000.

Michael Ferguson, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management

The Hodgman Liberal Government makes no apology for being tough on crime and congratulates Tasmania Police on recently disrupting a multi-million dollar Tasmanian drug syndicate.

Tasmania Police worked with NSW Police, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to break this long-running and complex drug operation with 31 arrests and the seizure of drugs worth almost $3 million.

Elise Archer, Attorney-General

Labor’s pattern of contempt for the views of the community continues as they confirm their opposition to our Bill to guarantee mandatory minimum sentences for serious assaults against nurses, paramedics, correctional officers and other frontline workers.

Debate has begun on the Sentencing Amendment (Assault of Certain Frontline Workers) Bill 2019, and the Labor Party has revealed it is once again soft on crime and willing to allow a free pass for violent offenders who assault frontline, critical staff serving our community.

Peter Gutwein, Minister for Local Government

Today’s passing by the House of Assembly of the Greater Hobart Bill is an exciting step forward in fostering greater collaboration between urban councils.

The legislation will create a strategic path forward for the Greater Hobart area and facilitate the implementation of the Hobart City Deal and its many exciting components.

The Bill has been developed to provide a framework to support collaborative decision making between the Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart and Kingborough councils and the Tasmanian Government.