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Guilty plea to demerit point rort
12:55 PM | A Newnham man who asked friends, family and strangers to take the fall for his speeding offences so he would not lose his licence will spend the next week in jail.  | CommentsComments (2)
Giddings wants pollies to compromise
12:40 PM | Independent MLCs say they have nothing to discuss with Premier Lara Giddings who is desperately trying to reach a last-minute compromise over politicians' salary.  | CommentsComments (3)
Abbott calls for Thomson's resignation
4:00 AM | CANBERRA - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has taken his attack on Craig Thomson to a new level, using Parliament to call for the MP's resignation just hours after the former union leader appealed to be left alone.   | CommentsComments (1)
Gutwein booted from Parliament
24 May 12 | Bass Liberal MHA Peter Gutwein has claimed the government's forestry policy is driving workers in the industry to suicide.  | CommentsComments (21)
Thorp has 'unfinished business'
24 May 12 | Unfinished business is why former state minister Lin Thorp has nominated for the Senate vacancy in the Tasmanian ALP.  | CommentsComments (11)
O'Byrne aims to stop industrial action
24 May 12 | CHILDREN'S Minister Michelle O'Byrne will today meet with unionists in a last-ditch effort to stop child protection workers taking industrial action.
O'Byrne aims to stop industrial action
23 May 12 | CHILDREN'S Minister Michelle O'Byrne will tomorrow meet with unionists in a last-ditch effort to stop child protection workers taking industrial action.
23 May 12 | A "produced in Tasmania'' brand and a "wellbeing index'' would be developed if the state budget was delivered by a Greens treasurer.   | CommentsComments (18)
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 (20)
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)
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