The News Review:
- Empire Reorganizes for Assault on Drilling Program
- Australian Microsoft users get daylight savings advisory
- Tas Premier holding Rudd to promises at CAG
- Rain worrying winemakers
Empire Reorganizes for Assault on Drilling Program
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РMar 26, 2008
Bendall’s redefinition of the seismicparameters during the 2007 AUD$4 million 2D-seismic program helped overcomea major limiting factor enabling effective seismic acquisition in theTasmanian Basin a step that has proved essential to defining our currentdrilling targets and has proved critical in encouraging drilling funds intothe project on these seismically defined structures. The AUD$2M capital contribution has also allowed the company to retain itscontract with Hunt Energy for Rig #3 and crew. Hunt Energy is poised tomobilize the equipment and ship to Tasmania for commencement of thedrilling program subject to the completion of the company’s currentfundraising program. Phil Simpson Executive Director of the Company’s Great South Land MineralsLimited subsidiary (GSLM) brings expertise in corporate finance andlogistics. He is acting as a liaison between the local landowners and theCompany in relation to access and site works for the drilling program. Simpson has 30 years’ experience in fisheries and agribusiness managementand is a consultant to leading banks and superannuation funds.
Australian Microsoft users get daylight savings advisory
InfoWorld – Mar 26, 2008
In ctober 2007 the above-mentioned states and territories agreed to harmonize and extend their daylight saving start and end dates. From this year on daylight saving will end a week later than usual on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in ctober three weeks earlier than before. It applies in all states except Tasmania. The extension of daylight saving means that some computer products will not display the correct time in the period between the old and new start and end dates. Businesses can easily update their computers by logging onto the Microsoft Web site www.
Tas Premier holding Rudd to promises at CAG
abc.net.au – Mar 26, 2008
Mr Lennon says he will be calling on the Federal Government to honour its pre-election promises. The Premier says the promises include 52 extra acute care beds for Tasmania’s public hospitals and the establishment of GP super clinics. He says he also wants to ensure Tasmania gets a fairer share of any potential new health-care funding arrangements. Mr Lennon’s Health Minister Lara Giddings has expressed her support for a national register of doctors depite criticism from medical groups. “The state government has been fully behind the national registration scheme in fact look forward to CAG signing off on this” she said. In a statement issued last night Mr Lennon also said he whole-heartedly supported the Government’s housing policies including cheaper rentals and more help for the homeless. Tags: federal-state-issues state-parliament labor-party health activism-and-lobbying programs-and-initiatives tas Search for news.
Rain worrying winemakers
abc.net.au – Mar 26, 2008
Wine Industry Tasmania is expecting a yield of more than 8000 tonnes more than 1000 tonnes than the previous record set in 2004. Winemaker Andrew Hood says if the downpour continues over the next few days crops may have to be picked earlier than planned. Tags: viticulture rainfall tas Search for news.