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	<title>The Southern Thunderer &#187; Tasmania</title>
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		<title>Fire Fighters Left High And Dry</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/02/fire-fighters-left-high-and-dry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Management Elise Archer
Fire Recruits Abandoned Again
Victor P Taffa
The Green-Labor Government has again abandoned the state’s emergency services, with newly graduated fire recruits having to wait up to two years to be formally hired, according to Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Management Elise Archer.
“Only three months ago we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statewide Planning Provides Certainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Planning Elise Archer
Archaic Planning Scheme Could See Tasmania Lose Another Major Development
Victor P Taffa
Tasmania could miss out on a $100 Million Buddhist temple development simply because of an outdated and complicated planning system, according to Shadow Minister for Planning Elise Archer.
“We need to be encouraging development such as this, not continuing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Forests Now Tourism Set To Close</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/first-forests-now-tourism-set-to-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry Closures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Environment Matthew Groom
Greens’ Shut-Down Forestry &#8211; Now Tourism In Their Sights
Victor P Taffa
The Greens’ anti-everything agenda is on display again and this time it’s a major tourism development in their sights, according to Shadow Minister for Environment Matthew Groom.
“Despite previously supporting the Three Capes Track development, in The Examiner today Tim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brickworks Closure Panders To The Greens</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/brickworks-closure-panders-to-the-greens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein
Brickworks Closure A Blow To The State
Victor P Taffa
The announcement today of the closure of K&#38;D Brickworks is a massive blow for the Tasmanian business industry and the 30 workers at the Hobart site, Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein said.
“With the closure attributed in part to a downturn in the building industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forestry Crucial To Tasmania’s Future</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/forestry-crucial-to-tasmania%e2%80%99s-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tasmania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman
Future Directions – The Importance Of Forestry To Tasmania Becoming More Self-reliant
Victor P Taffa
A strong and growing forest industry is crucial to Tasmania’s future and to the Liberal vision for a self-reliant Tasmania. Today I visited the furniture business of David Mitchell, “Room to Move”, at Cambridge, Opposition Leader Will Hodgman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning Scheme Needs An Overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Planning Elise Archer
Confidence In Property Industry Sliding &#8211; Govt Must Adopt Libs’ Planning Scheme
Victor P Taffa
Confirmation that planning is the single greatest government impediment to property investment in Tasmania highlights the need for the Green-Labor Government to adopt the Liberals’ policy on planning reform, according to Shadow Minister for Planning Elise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quarantine Cannot Be Ignored</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/quarantine-cannot-be-ignored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quarantine Inspections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff
Green-Labor Govt Must Be Vigilant Over Myrtle Rust Threat
Victor P Taffa
The discovery of the highly destructive Myrtle Rust disease in Victoria raises a number of concerns over the capability of Tasmania’s biosecurity regime, particularly in light of budget pressures, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff said.
“The disease, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Besides We All Can’t Live In A Cave</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/besides-we-all-can%e2%80%99t-live-in-a-cave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/besides-we-all-can%e2%80%99t-live-in-a-cave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Deputy Opposition Leader Jeremy Rockliff
Another Development At Risk Because Of Anti-Development Attitude
Victor P Taffa
Reports today in the Advocate newspaper that a UK based mining company has delayed investment in a job-rich magnesite mine in the Tarkine region because of the threatened Heritage Listing of the Tarkine are deeply concerning, according to Deputy Opposition Leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disqualified Drivers Must Learn The Lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/disqualified-drivers-must-learn-the-lesson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/disqualified-drivers-must-learn-the-lesson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Shadow Minister for Road Safety Rene Hidding
Libs Call For Automatic Impoundment Of Vehicles
Victor P Taffa
Following reports of a concerning number of disqualified and suspended drivers caught drink driving on Tasmanian roads over the Christmas period, the Liberals renew call for the automatic impoundment of vehicles for detected disqualified and suspended drivers, according to Shadow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking To The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/looking-to-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman
Hodgman To Lay Out Future Directions In 2012
Victor P Taffa
After nearly two years of incompetence, instability and economic stagnation it is clear that the Green-Labor experiment has failed Tasmania, Opposition Leader Will Hodgman said.
“Tasmania is lacking a government that has a vision or a plan for Tasmania’s future.”
“In 2011 the Liberals&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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