The Tasmanian government has welcomed the Senate Select Committee inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES).
The TFES provides financial assistance for incurred costs by shippers of
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Hidding signals end to planned Swire Shipping service
Push for company’s direct international containership calls to Tasmania’s Bell Bay runs aground
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Lambie slams Bass Strait transport cost crisis response
Palmer United Party senator uses maiden speech to demand action on unfair treatment
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BITRE calls for lower Bass Strait subsidy
Parameters for the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme are out of date and sea freight burden is slipping
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High Court decision threatens GEERS spending
A High Court decision on the separation of church and state could put in jeopardy the federal scheme that shields financially the employees of failed companies such as transport firm 1st Fleet, experts warn.
The General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS) − a basic payment scheme that assists employees of firms suffering liquidation or bankruptcy − exists under the same funding arrangements as the school chaplaincy scheme that came to legal grief last week.
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The General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS) − a basic payment scheme that assists employees of firms suffering liquidation or bankruptcy − exists under the same funding arrangements as the school chaplaincy scheme that came to legal grief last week.
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Deegan casts doubt on worth of Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme
National infrastructure coordinator says subsidy to assist Tasmanian exporters is "reactive, disjointed, fragmented and costly" and possibly open to rorting
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Blow to Tasmania on freight equalisation
Albanese rules out extension of scheme to north-bound trade in favour of a grant and a review
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