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SERVICES[20 credits]

1:00 AM | ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION Brilliant Venus is gradually reappearing in our western evening sky after sunset but is very low in the twilight, setting a little over an hour after the sun.
1:00 AM | THE SPRING edition of Enterprise Magazine looks at the North-West dairy trail and the significant investments that are being made in the region. It looks at Smithton's new $50-million milk pro

BUSINESS BRIEFS[20 credits]

1:00 AM | Job figures: Employment growth is expected to remain sluggish as firms show reluctance to hire staff amid global economic uncertainty. The unemployment rate rose to a 10-month high at 5.3 per cent
1:00 AM | MELBOURNE - The new head of Australia's competition watchdog has the major supermarket chains, airports and the telecommunications sector in his sights. Australian Competition and Consumer Com
1:00 AM | THE Bell Bay aluminium smelter has attracted delegates from across the world to Launceston for the 10th Australasian Aluminium Smelting Technology Conference. The triennial conference, which start
1:00 AM | PERTH - BHP Billiton is poised to create one of the world's biggest mines following government approval of its long-awaited Olympic Dam expansion in South Australia. If the mining giant's

DEBORAH WHITE[20 credits]

1:00 AM | MY AIM as a Meander Valley councillor is to make sure the it remains a great place to live. To build thriving communities, we need to: •Foster sustainable local business and agricultu

CRAIG PERKINS[20 credits]

1:00 AM | THE rising cost of living and support for economic growth are two of the biggest issues facing our community. As a council, we cannot always be the key driver of change in these areas. Howe

TREVOR PARKER[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I AM 46 years young and have lived in the Meander Valley for 27 of them, with 14 at Kimberley and the past 13 at Hadspen where my wife and I are raising two children under 6. As a small business o

IAN MACKENZIE[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I AM known to many as Macca. I am 40 years old and married with three children. We live on a small farm at Bracknell. I grew up on the North-West Coast completing a plumbing trade certifi

BOB LOONE[20 credits]

1:00 AM | WE SHOULD all be very aware, careful and well informed about council amalgamations. Suggestions so far involving Meander Valley will increase our rates $300 to $500 a year, lower standards of

IAN HOWARD[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I BELIEVE: •A good council knows when to lead, when to follow and when to get out of the way. •A council should work for the entire community, evenly and fairly with open, ho

ANDREW CONNOR[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I LIVE at Blackstone Heights with my wife and I am an information technology professional. I was raised locally but I've also lived and worked overseas, giving me an international perspective on l

TIM PARISH[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I BELIEVE George Town is positioned well to continue to be financially sustainable and to have a bright and exciting future for growth and prosperity. I will continue to actively promote developme

DEAN GIBBONS[20 credits]

1:00 AM | WOULD you like your concerns to be heard by the George Town Council? Do you want a councillor without any vested interests? Do you want an honest and open councillor? Do you want t

TIM CORY[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I WILL continue to bring a fresh, unbiased and completely independent and imaginative voice to the council chamber. Additionally, I have the business management skills to create a positive di

HEATHER BARWICK[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I AM a long-serving member of the George Town Municipality who is committed to working for and listening to concerns of residents and seeing issues are actioned through to completion. Tasmania and

TONY JANSSENS[20 credits]

1:00 AM | MY WIFE and I love Tasmania so much we chose to retire here. George Town and the surrounding areas appealed to us so much that we bought a house here and settled here permanently. I chose

JACQUI BURT[20 credits]

1:00 AM | I DECIDED to stand for the council elections in George Town because I have a passion and commitment to this community. I bring an abundance of experience as a past local business owner together wi

BRIDGET ARCHER[20 credits]

1:00 AM | CURRENTLY the youngest councillor at 36, I take an active approach to council activities and I am a member of the George Town on Show, Tourism and Macquarie Bicentenary working groups as well as servi
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