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Today is May 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, as Victoria enters its fourth lockdown, Tasmania has again made good use of its moats - banning visitors from the COVID-troubled state from 2pm on Thursday afternoon, and the long-awaited Launceston General Hospital draft masterplan, a roadmap for the health precinct's next 20 years, has finally been unveiled for public consultation.
Today is May 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the first steps towards creating a nation-leading agricultural precinct in the state's North were taken on Wednesday, but questions remain around when it will become a reality, and Tasmania's Public Health Hotline has so far taken calls from 40 people who say they attended an AFL game at the MCG on Sunday where a confirmed COVID-19 case was also present.
Today is May 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, plans for Tasmanian aluminium fluoride production and an ongoing hunt for rare earth elements in the state's North have gained strong backing from investors, and Tasmanian adults experiencing mild mental illness can now access a free service aimed at reducing psychological distress.
Today is May 25, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the next leader of Tasmanian Labor won't be known until June 15, and MyState Limited will tap investors for up to $80 million to put more cylinders on its powerful growth engine.
Today is May 24, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, fresh off ensuring the passage of the momentous voluntary assisted dying Bill through Tasmanian parliament Mersey MLC Mike Gaffney will deliver a webinar about the journey itself, and Tasmania's new health minister Jeremy Rockliff has rolled up his sleeve for is first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and is encouraging North-West Coast residents to follow his lead.
Today is May 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, former City of Launceston councillor Janie Finlay has delivered a moving farewell speech to her fellow councillors as she moves on to take up her position as a labor member for Bass, and Greens leader Cassy O'Connor says the party has written to the Integrity Commission and continues to push for an investigation into how the Liberal Party handled the circumstances surrounding Adam Brooks' candidacy in the latest election in a bid to improve the ethics of governance in Tasmania.
Today is May 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the state government is revamping its Launceston offices, with new bathrooms, carpets, air conditioning and security system upgrades expected to set taxpayers back more than $1 million, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to visit Tasmania this week, in what will mark his first appearance in the state since December last year.
Today is May 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, advocates for survivors of child sex abuse have welcomed a move to expedite cases currently before the Supreme Court, and the future of JAC Group's controversial Gorge Hotel is set to be debated at the City of Launceston council meeting on Thursday.
Today is May 18, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, a World War II pistol, a military rifle with a bayonet and about 40 kilograms of ammunition were just part of the takings from a firearms amnesty held across Northern Tasmania on the weekend, and as part of a visit to Tasmania, Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge held a forum in Launceston to listen to concerns from providers in the early childhood sector.
Today is May 17, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Shane Broad is gunning for leadership of the Tasmanian Labor Party, and Tasmania Fire Service is investigating the causes of two separate structure fires on Saturday night.
Today is May 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, after a narrow loss in last year's upper house election, Janie Finlay now has a victory to call her own, and Tasmanians are being urged to prepare for cold and icy conditions, with snow as low as 500 metres expected to hit the state overnight.
Today is May 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, home care packages have finally got the investment required to genuinely start to fix the national backlog, Council on the Aging Tasmania chief executive Sue Leitch says, and Tasmanians will be able to hand in their firearms - unregistered or otherwise - without fear of prosecution, as part of a major amnesty drive to take place across the state's North at the weekend.
Today is May 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the end of JobKeeper has not killed Tasmania's jobs recovery, and a car stolen from the Northern Suburbs Community Centre on Sunday night was missing for around 36 hours before being recovered by Tasmania Police.
Today is May 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the Parliamentary Labor Party will meet to discuss its future leadership once its new caucus is formally elected, and the Northern Suburbs Community Centre has again been left reeling after the senseless theft of their learner driver car.
Today is May 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Palliative Care Tasmania believes legislative amendments to provide more certainty around advance care directives in the state need more work to prevent any chance of elder abuse, and Tasmanian tourism chief Luke Martin says the federal government should extend the Bass Strait passenger vehicle equalisation scheme in Tuesday's budget before it winds up next month.
Today is May 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, out-of-division counts by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission for Bass and Braddon are likely to be completed Friday, electoral commissioner Andrew Hawkey says, and the Finance Sector Union has claimed MyState is trying to introduce a workplace condition below the national standard, and has threatened to take the Tasmanian bank to Fair Work with allegations it has breached good faith bargaining.
Today is May 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Tasmanian big-project construction activity is slowing, and appears to have a mixed outlook, and Phoenix bar on Brisbane Street has been fined more than $2500 due to noise complaints to police in the early hours of last Thursday, but the owner claims he is being unfairly targeted.
Today is May 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, ten people have lost their lives on Tasmanian roads so far this year, and half of those deaths were in the past month, and a taxpayer advocate has slammed a Tasmanian government department's plan to spent $52,500 of public money teaching managers and staff about respect.
Today is May 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, a collision between a train and a herd of cattle in the Northern Midlands on Friday resulted in the instant death or euthanising of 28 pregnant dairy heifers, a farmer says, and Agfest organisers are excited for the return of Tasmania's biggest agricultural show despite no signs of a cap-limit increase.
Today is April 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, a Windermere candidate says his phone was "running hot" on Saturday from voters confused about the inability to vote in the upper house at polling booths outside of the division, claiming it could have had an impact on the election, and opponents of a proposed prison near Westbury say they are encouraged by the result of the state election, despite Labor losing with a policy of moving the prison to another site.
Today is April 30, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Liberals say they have released affordable and believable future investments, that will leave Tasmania operating with a $5.6 million surplus in 2022 - 2023, and $34.5 million the following year, and all the while the Beaconsfield Gold Mine pushed further and further underground, and all the years it was closed, there was gold at the surface just waiting to be found.
Today is April 29, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the old Birchall car park has not been purchased more than 10 months after the $90 million Launceston Creative Precinct was announced for the site, with a legal battle still ongoing to secure it, and people in hotel or home quarantine in Tasmania as a result of travel to Western Australia will be able to move freely in the state after Public Health advised it would lift the state-specific restrictions.
Today is April 28, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, the Liberals will roll out a $12 million energy bill supplement if re-elected so concession cardholders pay less on their power bills over winter, and the median house price in Tasmania has increased by almost 15 per cent in the past 12 months, according to the latest quarterly report from the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania.
Today is April 27, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Tasmania has kept the crown as the nation's best performing economy in a boost to Peter Gutwein's Liberals leading into Saturday's election, and frustration is growing in the community and from the Agfest committee that a cap on patron numbers are set at 10,000 per day, and a total of 40,000 over the four days.
Today is April 26, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, an upgrade to a retired war tank was unveiled as part of Beaconsfield's Anzac Day commemoration services, and half-price plane tickets to Launceston are flying off the shelves, with more than 38,000 tickets sold to Launceston Airport in 18 days.
Today is April 23, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, all Tasmanians over the age of 50 will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine from May 3, as the state moves to accelerate the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the Legana Shopping Centre is looking to expand onto land next to Woolworths and The Reject Shop.
Today is April 22, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Labor have developed a 10-year works plan for the state's road network which it says will invest billions of dollars into solving traffic congestion problems, while the Liberal party has confirmed the potential alignment and timeline of the much awaited Tamar Bridge ahead of the state election.
Today is April 21, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Australia's peak body of emergency medicine has described recent reports out of Launceston General Hospital as "extremely concerning", and Myrtle Park will be closed this winter, as the City of Launceston council works to develop a management and operational model to reopen it.
Today is April 20, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, organisers of Tasmania's premier agricultural field day Agfest are waiting with bated breath to see if an easing of restrictions will be in place in time before the event to increase crowd capacity, and a timely upgrade to improve two of Launceston's community radio stations is being promised by the Liberal Party ahead of the state election.
Today is April 19, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Examiner. In today’s update, Tasmania is prepared to step in and help with the national vaccine rollout, after Premier Peter Gutwein raised concerns with the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine delays and lack of communication for disability and aged care facilities, and the dream of the Beauty Point community to have an all-abilities playground would be one step closer, with Labor committing $5000 towards the project.