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North East Package unveiled

A Hodgman Majority Liberal Government will ensure that nearly $50 million is invested over the next four years in the North-East.

We commit to ensuring that the $42.5 million in road funding for North-East freight roads that was announced three years ago is expedited and spent on priority projects such as the Bridport Main Road as a matter of urgency.

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Making our roads safer

Tasmanian roads are the most deadly in Australia. Think about that for a moment: “The most deadly roads in Australia”. The national road fatality rate for 2008 was 6.85 deaths per 100,000 people. In Tasmania last year the rate was 12.8 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s almost double.

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Links to Liberal policies

Please click on the links to open the full policy statement on the Liberal website http://tasliberal.com.au/policy

Drive our Economy Forward
Backing Business to Invest in Renewable Energy
Four-Lane Midland Highway
Getting Better Returns from Government Businesses
Making Tasmania a Magnet
Protecting and Creating Jobs in our Tourism Industry
Statewide Residential Planning Code
Tasmania’s World Class Tarkine – Growing our Tourism Potential
Fixing Tasmania’s Critical Infrastructure
Farming for the Future
Urgent repairs to the Midland Highway
Building Better Regional Roads
Abolishing Land Tax
Putting Tasmanian Products on the World Stage
Deliver Accountable Government
A New Culture of Accountability and Transparency
Fixed Terms
Greater Budget Honesty
Achieve Better Health Results
Smarter Health Care for the North
A New Generation Royal Hobart Hospital
At-Risk Children
Better Quality of Life for Tasmanians with Disabilities
A Fairer Tasmania
The Sooner the Better: No more Endless Waiting Lists
Upgrading the Mersey
Equity for North-West Cancer Patients
Exciting new health services for Tasmanians with the Royal Flying Doctors
More step down beds for the Huon
Raise Education Standards
Free Bus Travel for Students
Pathway Planning
Supporting students with Autism
A better deal for Teacher Aides and Support Staff
Better retention and results – ending the experimentation with our education system
Protect our lifestyle & strengthen our community
Continuing to make our Roads Safer
Double Demerits
Forest Protests
Linking Responsibility – At School and on the Road
Mandatory Employment Screening For All People Working with Children
Parole Board
Police Highway Traffic Patrols and High Visibility Police Vehicles
Police Workers Compensation
Road Safety Authority
Sentencing Advisory Council
Sex Offender Programs
Tougher Sentences for Sex Crimes
Vehicle Impoundment Program
Saving lives – providing specialist smoke alarms
Light Rail in Hobart

Fixing Labor’s Water and Sewerage Debacle

Using social media to reduce street violence
Supporting our Surf Life Savers
Strengthening Penalties for Arson
A Plastic Shopping Bag Free Tasmania
A New ‘Chance’ for young people in Glenorchy
Lights for King George V Oval, Glenorchy
Tackling Tamar Silt
Protecting Launceston from Flood
Devonport Aquatic Centre
Recognising and supporting grandparent carers

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Video: Road safety; renewable energy

Latest video – road safety; renewable energy….

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Move on to the issues that matter, Bartlett & McKim: Statement from Will Hodgman

  • Labor’s first Dorothy Dixer after winter break all about post-election speculation
  • Greens’ first questions about hypothetical post election scenarios
  • Liberals focus on the Midland Highway, road safety, the budget and water and sewerage reforms and urge our opponents to focus on the issues that matter, and the leadership and vision for the future that Tasmania so sorely needs

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Linking responsibility at school and on the roads: Major statement from Will Hodgman and Jeremy Rockliff

  • The number of young drivers killed or hurt on the roads each year is far too high
  • We need to link responsibility at school to responsibility on the road
  • A Liberal Government will do that, and much more to make our roads safer

We need to build a culture of responsible driving in Tasmania and we need to start early. We need to begin that process in our schools, and we need to show the next generation of drivers, that driving is a privilege, not a right.

Under a Hodgman Liberal Government, we will introduce two new initiatives to better prepare novice drivers for the responsibility of being on the road.

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A new proposal for improved enforcement of speed zones on our highways: monitoring journey travel time in addition to current spot speed detection methods.

Today I’m pleased to be able to provide information on a motion that I have put forward to be considered for adoption at the upcoming Liberal Party state council meeting.

The motion deals with the issue of undetected speeding on major highways and was written and passed at the branch level in May 2009. So while it is timely to put the issue up for party and public debate, I want to point out that it has not been developed in response to yesterday’s terrible road fatalities.

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Road Safety: Statement from Will Hodgman

  • The appalling road carnage must be addressed
  • A Road Safety Round Table should be convened
  • This is above politics – and it is essential

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Labor’s “goat track” Midlands Hwy cracking up

The Midland Highway is starting to seriously crack up.  I drove it twice last weekend and saw if for myself. 

It really is becoming a messy safety risk.

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Liberal’s budget reply: leadership and vision for the future

2009-10 STATE BUDGET
ADDRESS IN REPLY
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, HON. WILL HODGMAN MP

Vision and leadership

Tasmania’s economic circumstances do not just demand a response.

They demand change.

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