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6 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |David Reilly |Sarah Aitken
Just how much is needed to build an AFL stadium? And is the Tasmanian government being fully up-front about how much government money will be needed to build a stadium at Macquarie Point? Greens MP, Dr Rosalie Woodruff, tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings that the government will need to spend more than the quoted $375 million. "We're talking about nearly $2 billion of Tasmanians' money over the next 10 years that could be invested in so many other things," she says.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Outgoing Liberal member for Bass, Bridget Archer, shares her disappointment after losing the seat in Saturday night's federal election to Labor's Jess Teesdale. Ms Archer speak with Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings about the campaign against her, the lack of focus on local issues and nuclear. Ms Archer says her loyalty is with the Liberal Party and she won't run as an independent. But she hasn't ruled out a move to state politics. "I would never say never to that potential ...
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Tasmania's container deposit scheme, Recycle Rewards, is a week old tomorrow. TasRecycle Chair Ben Kearney tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings Tasmanians returned more than one million containers in the first four days of the scheme, with Bridgewater leading the way. "The top 10 sites were all based at shopping centres ... and the highest collection centre was Cove Hill at Bridgewater which did 113,000 [cans] over the four days," he says.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
The Tasmanian government has revealed it will abandon plans to seek private investment to help fund the proposed Macquarie Point stadium, instead announcing it'll move forward with a "design and construct" model. Federal independent member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, and independent member of the Legislative Council (MLC), Ruth Forrest, weigh in, telling Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings the borrowings must be made clear in the state budget. "Until this point there has been absolute secrecy.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Tasmanian Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam says the party's campaign headquarters didn't listen to pleas from Tasmanian Liberals when it came to campaigning. Senator Duniam tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings the national approach is why Tasmania lost all Liberal House of Representative seats. "There are lessons in this for us. A lot of questions to answer particularly on the mainland.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Tasmanian political analyst Kevin Bonham says it could be weeks before the Tasmanian senate results are known. He tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings, four senate seats have been locked in, but there's quite a battle for the last two Tasmanian senate seats. "One Nation is currently trailing Jacqui Lambie and the major parties. They are not a huge distance behind Jacqui Lambie, but it will be difficult for them," he says. Hobart, Launceston, National Elections, Federal Government
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Hobart is one of the Australia's most bushfire-prone cities and it's just a matter of time before the city could face something similar to the deadly bushfires seen in Los Angeles, USA, earlier this year. The CEO of Gender and Disaster Australia, Dr Margaret Moreton, tells Leon Compton there are lessons Hobart can learn from LA. "We need to prepare ourselves and our homes as if this is going to happen next summer," she says.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |David Reilly |Penny Mcleod
In recent weeks, there have been reports of multiple alleged antisocial incidents in Glenorchy and Hobart's northern suburbs. The Tasmanian premier, police minister and police commissioner will meet today to look at what can be done to reduce youth crime. Premier Jeremy Rockliff says "all options are on the table", including increasing penalties for those convicted of offences.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Federal Labor has pledged $24 million in support of Tasmania's Boyer Paper Mill, which was recently sold to developer David Marriner. The mill's general manager Patrick Dooley explains how the money will be used and the plan to transition away from coal-fired thermal energy generation to renewable energy. "[Coal] is an integral part of our production process," Mr Dooley tells ABC Tasmania Morning's Leon Compton.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Leon Compton |Brooke Van Nooten |David Reilly
Tasmanian Braddon independent MP Craig Garland will put forward a motion in state Parliament calling for a referendum on the Macquarie Point stadium. It comes after the state government announced it will abandon the planning process and introduce legislation to get the project through. Craig Garland tells Leon Compton on Tasmania Mornings he will move a motion calling for a referendum when Parliament returns in early May.
