The Liberals’ hastily-made decision to move the northern prison site has resulted in selection of an ill-advised location, fraught with unresolvable issues.
The Labor and Liberal parties’ vision for northern Tasmania is to lock people up.
Last week the Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Psychiatric Medicine lost their RANZCP accreditation.
Our Alternative Budget is very much focused on building capacity in Tasmania’s regions.
The Launceston City Deal projects can’t flourish without the water and sewerage infrastructure underpinning the city being upgraded.
The Greens are strong supporters of the World Enduro Series, and the thriving mountain bike industry in and around Derby.
The Australian Maritime College in Launceston is the national centre of naval expertise.
The Government needs to commit to the people of Launceston that it will invest into the city's ancient and ailing water and sewerage infrastructure.
The Hodgman Government must stop patting itself on the back and get on with the task of revitalising the northern economy for sustainable, long term jobs.
Any plan to address the economic and employment decline in the North needs to look at long term sustainable growth.