TWO Derwent Valley councillors are among the 100 Tasmanians who have endorsed the Palmer United Party’s application to be registered as a political party in Tasmania. Councillors Chris Lester and Wayne Shoobridge are named as registered members of Palmer United along with a number of fellow Derwent Valley citizens in
Jessey Dillon RECENTLY announced ALP candidate for Lyons in next year’s State Election, New Norfolk’s Jessey Dillon, was the only member of the public in the gallery at last night’s Derwent Valley Council annual general meeting. Speaking during the community section of the meeting, Mr Dillon congratulated the councillors on
THE State Government has announced a $16 million boost for science facilities at six schools including New Norfolk High School which will receive $500,000 under the School Science and Technology Stimulus Package. “Science and technology skills are a vital asset in our fast-moving modern world. The frontiers are constantly expanding.
DEPUTY Prime Minister Warren Truss today confirmed that the Coalition Government would stand by its pre-election pledge to provide more than $100 million in an economic package for Tasmania in line with the former Labor government’s commitments. “The Government’s Economic Growth Plan for Tasmania will fund projects aimed at stimulating
THE Australian Electoral Commission has made available the provisional polling place figures from Saturday’s Federal Election. Results from local polling booths follow.DROMEDARYHUTCHINSON, Eric (Liberal) 127 (+15.30%)JAMES, Gaye (Family First) 13 (+4.14%)VON STIEGLITZ, Quentin (Palmer United Party) 31 (+9.87%)BRINKLOW, Pip (Australian Greens) 21 (-7.81%)ROGERS, Julian (Rise Up Australia Party) 1 (+0.32%)ADAMS,
AFTER just over an hour of counting the votes in today’s Federal Election, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has declared that the Liberal challenger, Eric Hutchinson, has defeated Labor’s Dick Adams after 20 years as the Federal Member for Lyons. Follow the ABC’s updates here. The Mercury newspaper has a video
POLLING places will operate at the following local venues for tomorrow’s Federal Election. Voting is compulsory and polling places will be open from 8am to 6pm. Dromedary Community Hall, 14 Millvale Rd, DROMEDARY Ellendale Hall, 939 Ellendale Rd, ELLENDALE Glenora District High School, 620 Gordon River Rd, GLENORA Granton Memorial
MEDIA RELEASE DICK ADAMS MHRFederal Member for Lyons PETITION AN ELECTION STUNT Dick Adams, the Federal Member for Lyons dismissed the Liberals petition to break the forest agreement as a cynical election stunt and would not make any difference to the future of the forest industry, but would irreparably damage the
Click map to enlarge image. THE Greens have thrown their weight behind calls for the upgrading of the Plenty Link Rd from a logging route to a tourist drive. The Greens candidate for Franklin, Rosalie Woodruff, today called for federal support for what she called the “Two Valleys Tourist Drive”
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