Press Releases

Australian National Flag Day – Merchant Navy Day

Senator Abetz is encouraging all Tasmanians to celebrate Australian National Flag Day and Merchant Navy Day this Friday the 3rd of September.

As part of the celebrations Senator Abetz will be visiting Bicheno on Friday to attend the Merchant Navy Day Ceremony at the Australian Merchant Navy Memorial, Waubs Bay, Bicheno.

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$ 500,000 Boost to Tasmania's Disability Services

The Liberals’ commitment to Tasmanians living with disabilities and their carers has been confirmed with a $500,000 investment by the Coalition to assist in the creation of a disability hub in Southern Tasmania.

Senate Opposition Leader, Senator Eric Abetz and Senator Mitch Fifield, spokesman on Disability for the Coalition made the joint announcement today at Oak Tasmania, one of our State’s largest providers.

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Liberals Launch Tasmania Package

The Coalition’s Real Action Plan for Tasmania will support business growth, improve the daily lives of families throughout the state, build vital infrastructure and help local communities.

The Coalition has previously announced policies which will benefit Tasmanians including policies on: agriculture, small business, hospitals, Medicare and medical services, nurses, aged care, seniors, the environment, parental leave and childcare.

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Asbestos Threat from Labor’s Rushed BER Program

“Labor’s rushed Building Education Reform policy has resulted in potential danger to staff students and parents from asbestos contamination at the Ouse School,” Senator Abetz said today.

“It’s been revealed that following the demolition of a school building as part of a $287 thousand taxpayer funded building program, asbestos contaminated material resurfaced a year after works were originally commenced.”

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Labor Green Deal to Cost Tasmanian Jobs

“Julia Gillard needs to take the opportunity today at Labor’s Campaign Launch to clearly spell out what impact the Labor/Green preference deal will mean for the people of Tasmania.”

“The greatest threat to Tasmanians is a Bartlett/Green type deal being installed in Canberra and make no mistake – Labor and Greens are ready to do one in Canberra,” Senator Abetz said today.

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1000s of Jobs to be Lost in 'Latham Like' Labor/Green Deal

“Revelations that Labor and the Greens have done a deal to deny access to native forest resources in Tasmania will cost thousands of jobs and devastate our rural and regional communities,” Senator Eric Abetz said today.

A former Forestry Minister, Senator Abetz said, “Mr Bartlett and Ms Gillard together with all their Federal candidates have to come clean.”

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Only the Liberals Will Protect Jobs and the Environment and Reduce Cost of Living Pressures

Only the Liberals will protect the jobs of workers engaged in Tasmania’s rich resource sectors from the ‘Laboreens’, (Labor-Greens), preference deals, Senator Eric Abetz on behalf of the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team said today.

“We don’t know the details of the deal. We don’t know what policies have been traded, but we do know from bitter experience in Tasmania that a vote for the Greens is a vote for Labor and a vote for Labor is a vote for the Greens which leads to wholesale job destruction.”

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Sue Napier

The Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team extends our condolences to the family of Sue Napier.

As a long serving State Liberal member in Bass, Sue helped literally thousands of people from all walks of life.

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Labor to Increase Student Fees by $1000

“The cost of going to University will substantially increase if Labor is re-elected, Opposition Leader in the Senate,” Senator Eric Abetz said today.

“Whilst Labor has been very quiet during this election campaign, they are committed to levying a compulsory fee on each and every student, irrespective of the length of time they spend on campus or their capacity to pay.”

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