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- GPs plead for relaxed rules on sickies
- Tasmania ALP endorses same-sex marriage
- New Fife distiller turns tradition upside down … by going to …
- Support for royalties in Tasmania
- $600000 in health travel – Department notches up 215 overseas trips
- Frontier Resources looks to two gold deposits in Tasmania for …
GPs plead for relaxed rules on sickies
NEWS.com.au
Acting director of public health in Tasmania Chrissie Pickin told ABC Local Radio that workers did not need to go to their GP immediately and obtain a certificate and could get one "a few weeks" later. But General Practice Tasmania spokeswoman Judith Watson said this was actually illegal and urged employers to be practical and flexible over sick certificates. "We know that general practices in Tasmania are experiencing significant increased demand from patients seeking appointments to obtain sick certificates and this is reducing time available to see patients in need of medical attention" Dr Watson said. "The problem is also made worse by the fact that the practices themselves are starting to experience staff shortages from sickness. "These are exceptional circumstances and we need as many employers and patients to be as practical and reasonable as they can be until the pandemic passes.
Tasmania ALP endorses same-sex marriage
Brisbane Times
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Tasmania ALP endorses same-sex marriage. –> Paul Carter July 26 2009 Federal Labor is under increased pressure to endorse same-sex marriage after the party’s Tasmanian state conference passed a motion supporting it gay rights activists say. The Tasmanian motion passed on Sunday calls on the federal government to remove discrimination against gay and lesbian couples by changing the Marriage Act to include same-sex couples. Labor’s current policy supports state-based relationship registers for same-sex couples. Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group spokesperson Rodney Croome says the decision increases pressure on delegates at the ALP national conference in Sydney starting July 31 to support a motion there on same-sex marriage. “This decision will send a strong message to the upcoming ALP national conference and the Rudd government to support equality in marriage for same-sex partners” Mr Croome said in a statement.
New Fife distiller turns tradition upside down … by going to …
Sunday Herald
by going to Tasmania to recruit a whisky expertIt is the equivalent of selling sand to the Saudis or ice to theInuit: a proposed Scottish distilleryhas gone to the bottom ofthe world for advice in makingwhisky. BY BILL MACKINTSHIt is the equivalent of selling sand to the Saudis or ice to theInuit: a proposed Scottish distilleryhas gone to the bottom ofthe world for advice in makingwhisky. The Kingsbarns Company ofDistillers based just outside St AndrewsFife has enlisted Bill Lark founder andowner of the Lark Distillery in Tasmaniaand known as the “Godfather ofmodern Australian whisky-making” tohelp it cash in on the booming whiskytourism industry. The plan is to convert a semi-derelictfarmstead on the Cambo Estatebetween St Andrews and Crail and openit as a small-batch distillery visitorcentre and restaurant. The estate hasbeen home to the Erskine family since1688 and adjoins Kingsbarns Golf Links- where the dream of a new distillerywas forged. advertisementA second Australian golf course andwhisky entrepreneur Greg Ramsay 32is also involved along with AbertayUniversity graduate Doug Clement also32 who first met Ramsay while caddyingat the Kingsbarns course. The distillery project which will costbetween £1 million and £1.
Support for royalties in Tasmania
Australian Mining
getElementById(“share”);object. attachButton(element); A proposal to funnel mining royalties back to local Tasmanian communities has been backed by Grange Resources owner of the Savage River iron ore mine on the State?s west coast. The royalties issue was raised at the State Labor Conference in Hobart over the weekend. The plan would see mining royalties go to remote west coast Tasmanian communities in order for them to develop their infrastructure and help make them more appealing to local mining workers. Grange Resources chief operating officer Wayne Bould told MINING DAILY that he is in favour of giving back to local communities. ?It is a commendable approach to put some money back into the communities and give the people some of the benefits of mining? he said.
$600000 in health travel – Department notches up 215 overseas trips
Tasmania Examiner
They included managers consultants the department secretary and departmental directors. The total included a tour of nurse managers to the US and UK from August 28 until September 12 last year at an average cost of $10000 each for the Leading the Way nursing initiative. The tour was “to get some insight into new patient- centred ways of working and delivering health care” Tasmania's chief nurse Fiona Stoker said. “My expectations and I think those of most if not all participants were exceeded” Ms Stoker said in June. Yesterday Health Minister Lara Giddings defended her department's travel spend saying it was part of incentive packages to attract medical specialists to Tasmania. “The State Labor Government has worked hard to recruit and retain doctors in Tasmania” Ms Giddings said. “We inherited a health system from the Liberals in the 1990s where doctors left for better conditions and wages in other states 600 nurses had been sacked and the Liberals had sold the Queen Alex.
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Frontier Resources looks to two gold deposits in Tasmania for …
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The Inferred Resource for the ‘high grade’ zone at Stormont contains 13430 ounces gold plus 27. 7 tonnes bismuth plus 10340 ounces silver within 91400 tonnes of mineralised rock grading 4.