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7:01 AM | A "produced in Tasmania'' brand and a "wellbeing index'' would be developed if the state budget was delivered by a Greens treasurer.   | CommentsComments (10)
Liberals to create 'super' department, axe 650 jobs
22 May 12 | A super department would be created from merging two others and 650 public sector jobs would be cut under a Liberal government.  | CommentsComments (11)
Wilkie set to back government's pokie reforms
22 May 12 | Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie will back the government's watered down poker machine reforms, ending months of speculation and negotiation.  | CommentsComments (5)
Libs offer to double first home grant
22 May 12 | A Liberal government would double the first home builders' grant and reduce stamp duty for first home buyers, Opposition Leader Will Hodgman said yesterday.   | CommentsComments (18)
Review top law officers' rise: Libs
22 May 12 | A review of wage increases for top law officers is being urged by the state opposition.   | CommentsComments (6)
Pressure on European leaders
22 May 12 | CANBERRA - Treasurer Wayne Swan has vowed to use international forums such as the Group of 20 to keep European leaders to their word in pursuing policies that grow their economies and encourage employment.
Show your proof, says Pyne
22 May 12 | CANBERRA - Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne has challenged anyone with evidence to prove his involvement in a sexual harassment case against Speaker Peter Slipper to cough it up.
Tearful Thomson claims he was victim
22 May 12 | CANBERRA - Federal MP Craig Thomson has claimed he was the victim of a lynch mob unleashed by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, after factional enemies in the Health Services Union smeared him with claims he misused members' funds.   | CommentsComments (1)
Liberals promise help for first home buyers
21 May 12 | A LIBERAL government would double the first home builders' grant and reduce stamp duty for first home buyers, Opposition Leader Will Hodgman said today.   | CommentsComments (2)
Tears as Thomson takes aim at Opposition, media
21 May 12 | Federal MP Craig Thomson has accused the opposition benches and the media of unleashing a lynch mob on his family and staff.  | CommentsComments (7)
Heavy burden for taxpayers
21 May 12 | It's a debt of $23,545 for each of the 252,200 Tasmanians in the workforce.   | CommentsComments (8)
Labor not to blame for woes: economist
21 May 12 | Well-known economist Professor Ian Harper says Tasmania's economic woes are the fault of Australia's two-speed economy not the state government.   | CommentsComments (23)
Luxuries to go under Libs: Hodgman
21 May 12 | Cutting the state government's limousine fleet is one of the luxuries the Liberal Party will target in tomorrow's alternative budget.   | CommentsComments (9)
Liberals' carbon tax push
21 May 12 | The state opposition is prepared to block major reforms it agrees would drive down power prices if the government doesn't agree to make Tasmania a "carbon tax-free state''.   | CommentsComments (14)
$100,000 pay rises for state's top law officers
21 May 12 | The state's top law officers will receive pay rises of $100,000 at a time over the next few years.   | CommentsComments (18)
Thomson scandal to overshadow hearings
21 May 12 | CANBERRA - Senate estimates hearings normally toss up their fair share of quirky stories, but this year the first day of hearings will be completely overshadowed by the Craig Thomson scandal involving sex, lies and a lack of union red tape.
Anti-gay ads were a mistake: Katter
21 May 12 | SYDNEY - Maverick MHR Bob Katter has told an audience with former prime minister Kevin Rudd that he will regret homophobic advertisements aired by his party ``for the rest of my days''.
Gillard to miss Thomson address
21 May 12 | CANBERRA - Suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson is set to tell Federal Parliament he never used union funds to pay for prostitutes, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Minister sees no need for dole increase
21 May 12 | CANBERRA - Senior government minister Craig Emerson has refused to back a call by backbenchers for the dole to be increased, instead arguing that the unemployed will benefit from Labor returning the budget to surplus.
Gillard to sign deal for Afghanistan aid
21 May 12 | The future of Australia's aid to Afghanistan will be mapped out in an agreement Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Afghan counterpart will sign on the sidelines of a major NATO summit in the US.
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