article of interest!, page-20

Excerpts from Liberals declaration of the polls yesterday. Having Joan Rylah in the house is a big boost for the mining companies, she was a significant advocate for Venture Minerals' Tarkine operations......

""THE Liberals are not ruling out shifting TT-Line administrative staff from Melbourne to Devonport.

Liberal Deputy Leader Jeremy Rockliff did not commit to the idea afterwards, but was open- minded about it.

However, he said the new government was open to all ideas and said it could potentially help Tasmanian small businesses.

Mr Jaensch said the Liberals also had a big responsibility to the people who voted for them for the first time.

He said having four government MHAs out of five in Braddon meant there would be more representation than before from "where the wealth is generated rather than where it is spent".

New Liberal MHA Joan Rylah - who made her name championing jobs and industry in the Tarkine mining battle - said she would serve all Coasters, but the will of the majority would be at the core of her decision making.""