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Bon Voyage Geelong Star! Don't come back!

Tasmanian Labor MPs today welcomed news that the Geelong Star super trawler has left Australian waters.   JULIE COLLINS MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR AGEING AND MENTAL HEALTH LABOR MEMBER FOR FRANKLIN...

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Meander Valley Health deserves protection

Federal Labor MPs Brian Mitchell and Ross Hart have called on the Turnbull Government to save Meander Valley health services. The MPs are concerned that changes to Primary Health Network funding...

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Turnbull Government must help to fund Beaconsfield mine repair

The Federal Labor Opposition is calling on the Turnbull Government to help fund the repair of the iconic Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Site.   The tourism site was closed in September this year...

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New fee hike another blow to patients

Brian Mitchell the Federal Labor MP for Lyons says a scheduled increase in doctors’ fees is further proof that Labor was right to campaign on Medicare at the July 2 election. “Tasmanians who are...

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Coalition to blame for Backpacker Tax fiasco

The four Tasmanian Labor Members of Parliament have today condemned the Coalition Government for its comprehensive stuffing up of the backpacker tax. In a joint statement, the four MPs said...

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Statement on ejection

Today I was ejected from the House of Representatives after calling Barnaby Joyce a fraud, and accusing him of being missing in action during the backpackers’ tax fiasco.   Mr Joyce is the Deputy...

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Flood victims waiting too long

The Federal Labor member for Lyons Brian Mitchell says flood victims are waiting too long for relief.   “Some farmers have been affected by two floods and are still waiting for relief for the...

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Backpacker Tax

Appreciation of a non-necessary tax… the expectation of the Turnbull Government in announcing its reduction in the proposed 32.5 per cent to 19 per cent for the out of left field Backpacker Tax…...

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AFL must recognise Tasmanian who designed Final 8

In 1994 Tasmanian man Kim Crawford sent the AFL his idea for a Final 8.   The AFL told him it wasn’t interested. Six years later it introduced the system, without ever acknowledging it was Mr...

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Centrelink amnesty idea for 2016 - 2017 fruit & vegetable picking season

Brian Mitchell, the Federal Labor Member for Lyons, is proposing that people receiving Newstart payments and pensions be allowed to undergo fruit and vegetable picking work this season without...

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