Yesterday, Minister Barnett announced that he is moving to let the loggers into 400 000 hectares of high conservation value carbon-rich forest.
Over the past two years, the Premier and Police minister have made a number of statements seeking to reassure Tasmanians who rely on medicinal cannabis.
First the Australian Greens and now federal Labor have vowed to block the plebiscite legislation being debated in federal parliament today.
Last year you axed the funding to the reintegration of ex-offenders program, REO, run by the Salvation Army.
The Premier cited advice from the Solicitor-General and DPAC to deny there had been any breach of the ministerial code of conduct.
The backpacker tax policy, and the uncertainty around it, is having a profound effect on an already strained sector.
The Minister has requested an independent assessment by the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel of the 20-year-old lease at Okehampton Bay.
There is a very real risk that as a result of the proposed amendments conduct which offends, humiliates or intimidates a child or young person may be permitted.
Last year in the Premier stated "I believe our society and democracy thrives on the basis of freedom of speech that is not unfettered".
In the final draft amendments the word 'reasonably' was removed in relation to the exemption provided for religious purposes under the act.