Local Releases

More Funding for Tasmania's County Roads

The Australian Labor Government is delivering on our election commitment to provide an extra $250 million for road projects in rural, regional and outer-urban areas, in addition to $500 million...

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Minister for Early Childhood Education and Youth Anne Aly visits Sorell

Brian Mitchell welcomed Early Childhood Education and Youth Minister Anne Aly to Sorell on Thursday 6th April to hold an Early Years Strategy roundtable with Tasmanian childcare professionals....

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Regional Mobile Coverage on the Agenda at Public Hearing

Finding collaborative ways to fund improvements to mobile infrastructure services across regional Australia was the focus of the public hearing in Launceston on 14th April with one of the nation’s...

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Calls for Local Councils to have Bridges Assessed

Brian Mitchell MP met with Assistant Transport minister Carol Brown to announce $4 million in funding to assess the safe maximum carrying capacity of bridges across local government networks. The...

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Have your say on modernisation of Australia Post

Brian Mitchell MP is encouraging residents and small businesses in Tasmania to have their say on the modernisation of our postal services. “Australia Post is a lifeline for our community, and we...

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Grants to target local solutions to regional health care challenges

The Australian Government is funding communities on Tasmania’s east coast to find local solutions to their health challenges. Primary care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Model (PRIMM) grants...

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Albanese Labor Government Wipe Student Debt for Doctors in Lyons

Brian Mitchell MP welcomed the passage of legislation today which will wipe the HELP debt for doctors or nurse practitioners who live and work in rural and remote parts of Tasmania. Doctors and...

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Urgently Addressing Visa Delays left behind by Liberal National Government is a Labor Priority

The Liberal Nationals failed regional Australia with their approach to visas. Instead, they wasted time and money looking to privatise the visa system, which would have decimated the jobs of many...

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Vale John Bennett AM, co-founder of Ashgrove Cheese

I was proud to stand in the national parliament this week to speak on the great life and legacy of John Bennett AM, co-founder of the world famous Ashgrove Cheese. John was a passionate dairy...

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$10,000 restoration for New Norfolk War Memorial

The New Norfolk War Memorial Cenotaph will receive a $10,000 restoration under the federal government’s Saluting Their Service grants program. Federal Member for Lyons Brian Mitchell announced the...

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