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TT-Line should be scrutinised for its actions during the state election, according to Labor Leader Dean Winter. Mr Winter said TT-Line’s engagement with a foreign government while the government was in caretaker mode and not briefing Labor during the period was behaviour that needed scrutiny. “I don’t think the Finnish shipbuilder was ever going to pull out, frankly,” he said. “I think it was too big to fail and it turned out that it was Tasmanian taxpayers bailing out a Finnish shipbuilder - th…

Premier apologises for failures letting down vulnerable people.

Ken Dorsey says he was shocked to hear at Tuesday night’s council meeting that it would cost almost $450,000 to install lighting at the base of Norfolk pines at South Burnie. The Burnie Councillor successfully moved a motion in November 2023 for the council to investigate the cost of uplighting the trees on the foreshore between Massy-Greene Drive and Edwardes Street. He said he was not aware the project had been shelved until Mayor Teeny Brumby confirmed the project would not be moving forward…

As Autism Tasmania (AT) goes into administration, Ulverstone business owner Shawn Sinclair says Coasters are some of the the best at rallying together in times of need. His comments come as he and other autism advocates move into action to meet the needs of neurodivergent Tasmanians. Mr Sinclair said the sudden closure of AT, reportedly due to a lack of funding, had impacted lots of people in the region, including regular customers of his Ulverstone store, ThiccBoi Collectables. “People have tol…

A Hobart-based design consultant has revealed her vision for the Burnie Arts branding and her logo is causing a swift outcry among residents. After the new name Burnie Arts was revealed for the Burnie Arts and Function Centre, designer Megan Perkins, who is the chair of Design Tasmania and the brains behind the branding for Dark Mofo, was hired by the Burnie City Council (BCC) to produce a branding proposal. The new logo features a fluoro-orange “a” superimposed on a brick-red “B”, which some re…

Three Tasmanian department of health staff have been recognised in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours list. Director of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Tasmania professor Brett McDermott has been made a member of the Order of Australia for significant services to medicine in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Health Minister Guy Barnett said Professor McDermott’s research and immense body of work have made a significant impact to the lives of young people across the whole cou…

'I was very fortunate that I was able to even become premier.'

Labor Leader Dean Winter has slammed the government, saying he believes the racing minister has backed away from her promises. Leaders in the Coast’s racing industry say they should have been part of the conversation to find a new home years ago. Mr Winter said the industry has been left hung out to dry since the Devonport Showground was closed in 2022. “The industry was told when the gates were shut [at the showground] that they would get a new track and they took Tasracing and the minister [J…