Tag: Tasmanian government

Health Gets $900M Boost in Tasmanian Budget

May 24, 2023
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Tasmania’s budget will boost health spending by $900 million (US$588 million), with a forecast surplus expected to be pushed back. State Liberal Treasurer Michael Ferguson will hand down the 2023/24 budget on May 25, almost two weeks after the government was plunged into the minority when two MPs quit the party. It will reportedly include…

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Australian State Introduces Card-Based Gaming to Minimise Gambling Harm

September 19, 2022
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In a nation first, the Tasmanian centre-right Liberal government is strengthening measures to reduce problem gambling through the introduction of a pre-commitment card, which limits the amount people can spend on poker machines per day, per month, and per year. Deputy Premier and Treasurer Michael Ferguson made the announcement on Thursday in response to the…

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Tasmania’s Government Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration

April 6, 2022
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The Tasmanian government has extended the public health emergency period for another eight weeks but has said it may end the emergency declaration earlier if the number of COVID-19 cases in the Australian state drops. Mark Veitch, the director of public health for Tasmania, announced on April 5 that the Public Health Emergency Declaration was…

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