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Tasmania’s Summer Racing Festival is nearly at the halfway mark, with Devonport the latest regional area to feature.Minister for Racing, Jane Howlett, said today’s Devonport Cup was a great advertisement for the exciting social experience...

Tasmania’s regional water and infrastructure will benefit from a more than $54 million boost thanks to a new funding program that helps safeguard water resources and protects our natural environment.The Australian Government is delivering the n...

Livestock yard infrastructure and picnic tables suitable for wheelchair users are among the projects funded through the Tasmanian Government’s latest round of grants.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said 10 show societie...

Four Tasmanian women have been named finalists in the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, with the Tasmanian Government recognising the important role they play in the State’s rapidly growing agriculture sector.Minister for Primary Industrie...

The Tasmanian Government is backing in small businesses, ensuring they have the right settings in place to grow and thrive.Implementation on the Small Business Growth Strategy 2026 is underway, providing supports for small businesses across the State...

Builders, distillers, cafes and a swim school are among the businesses to benefit from a round of Tasmanian Government grants aimed at supporting small business.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the Enabling Small Busine...

If yesterday’s attack on Tasmania’s tourism industry wasn’t enough, Labor has doubled down attacking our 42,000 hardworking small business owners.Labor have made it abundantly clear that they are no friend of small business, calling...

The Tasmanian Government has welcomed today’s decision by the Federal Labor Government to abandon plans for its unfair Biosecurity Tax.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said the Tasmanian Government has long advocated for...

Labor and Dean Winter have no credibility when it comes to tourism, hospitality, and small business in Tasmania.Labor has made it abundantly clear that they are no friend of these key industries, after recently calling critical investment into Tasman...

The Tasmanian Government is officially declaring foxglove a pest to reduce its impact on Tasmania’s environmental values and agricultural productivity.Foxglove has been grown as an ornamental plant in Tasmanian gardens for generations and it ha...

The Tasmanian Government has joined with Tasmanian Irrigation for the launch of the second round of water sales for the Greater South East Irrigation Scheme.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said water sales for the $301 millio...

The value of Tasmania’s agricultural production has grown by 5 per cent on the previous year according to the 2022-23 Tasmanian Agri-Food Scorecard released this week.The scorecard measures and reports on the value and final market destinations...

The Tasmanian Government has begun rolling out calicivirus to expand rabbit control efforts across Tasmania.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said pest management experts have advised the conditions are now right for its releas...

A new site for a Nubeena community food hub is improving food security, ensuring the local community has access to healthy, locally produced food when needed.The Fat Beets Food Hub is a community initiative supporting local food security and sustaina...

The Tasmanian Government is set to strip back licensing requirements for small businesses as part of its sweeping assault on red tape.The Business Council of Australia named Tasmania as the second-best place in the country to do business, but there w...

Greater opportunities for hospitality businesses to offer outdoor dining, takeaway and late night trading will be available as the Tasmanian Liberal Government modernises liquor licensing regulations.The change comes as part of the Government’s...

Random acts of kindness have earned Kingston woman Sarah De Jonge the Tasmanian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award for 2025.Ms De Jonge developed the 1000 Hearts Project, hand stitching 1000 pocket hearts to give away as random acts of kindness wi...

Applications have been extended for the Tasmanian Government’s Multicultural Small Business Grant Program.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the grants were supporting multicultural small businesses to undertake pro...

Simple amendments to existing liquor licences will be made a lot easier under changes being made by the Tasmanian Government.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the Government was introducing changes that would make it eas...

The Tasmanian Government is celebrating the record-breaking occupancy figures for Tasmania’s North West in February.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the Tasmanian Hospitality Association’s Hotel Occupancy Re...

Nearly one third of the Northern Midlands Irrigation Scheme, which is on track to begin pumping water to farmers in October 2026, is now complete.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said the completion of the first 50km marked a ...

Support for Tasmania’s small businesses by the Tasmanian Government could not be clearer following a month of red tape reduction reforms.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the response of peak bodies such as the Tas...

The fast-approaching Easter school holidays provide a timely reminder that keeping Tasmania safe from pests and diseases are important when travelling in and out of the state.Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Jane Howlett, said strict biosec...

Federal Coalition policies to provide new tax cuts and rebates for small businesses have been welcomed by the Tasmanian Government.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said that reducing the tax burden on new businesses in their...

The Tasmanian Government is celebrating record-breaking statewide occupancy figures for Tasmania in March.Minister for Hospitality and Small Business, Jane Howlett, said the Tasmanian Hospitality Association’s Hotel Occupancy Report showed the ...