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NEWS AND VIEWS
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TasmaniaDon't mention the warMonday, 19 May 2008 - In Tasmania the war of words between the environmentally concerned and the timber giant Gunns continues but it is a war the Tasmanian Government is loath to even mention. more When politics meets sport
Wednesday, 16 April 2008 - When politics meet sport in the southernmost state the combination is irresistible. The plucky Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon, who looks very much like a Barry Hall sort of player when dealing with anti pulp mill demonstrators, is off to see Andrew Demetriou, the nation's real power broker, at AFL headquarters to try and get a team for Tasmania financed with the money of taxpayers. more Enforcing the Law a Simple SolutionMonday, 3 March 2008 - The Tasmanian Labor Government might have expressed some reservations last week about the need to change laws to combat binge drinking but it will succumb this week to the increasing clamour to take action. The state Treasurer Michael Aird will this week introduce a Liquor Licensing Amendment Bill 2008 prompted, he says, by a recent review of the laws, as well as a growing concern over problems with binge drinking in Tasmania. more Testing the Nerve of GunnsThursday, 30 August 2007 - The Tasmanian timber company Gunns bluffed its State Government in to abandoning an independent public enquiry in to the environmental impacts of its planned pulp mill on the grounds that the cost of waiting for the completion of the process was too great. Find a shorter procedure or the deal is off is how the company put it and Premier Paul Lennon acquiesced. He settled on a report by a consultant and a vote of Parliament to hurry things along. more Taking Over Public Hospitals - All and None?Thursday, 23 August 2007 - There were no ifs, buts or maybes when Prime Minister John Howard strode on to the grounds of the Mersey Hospital at Latrobe in Tasmania and announced that the Federal Government was taking it over to protect the good people of nearby Devonport from the intention of the Tasmanian Labor Government to downgrade its facilities. Mr Howard reveled in the applause hospital staff and concerned local citizens gave to this saviour from the mainland who was preserving their community asset. more See also The Burnie Diversion and the Jealousy Factor A Comfortable Number of JobsWednesday, 19th April, 2006 There is one advantage in having a small Parliament: it is possible to find a job for most of the boys and girls. In Tasmania's House of Assembly the governing Labor Party has 14 members. Ministerial posts were found for 8 of them, one was made a Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister, one the Government Whip, one the Speaker and another the Deputy Speaker. That left only two without a title.
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The Ministry
Premier Paul Lennon (2nd from left in the front row) with his team. Positions of Other Labor Members The ParliamentCurrent House of Assembly members by electorate Current Legislative Councillors by electorate All current members of State Parliament by Party ElectionsThe Public ServiceHistory
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