Bridget Archer, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing · Original source
Tasmania's Save 000 for Emergencies campaign aims to reduce non-emergency calls to Ambulance Tasmania, which responded to 120,831 incidents in 2025-26, up 6.2 per cent on 2024-25. Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing Bridget Archer said up to one in five triple zero calls do not require an ambulance to be dispatched. The campaign began on radio and social media on 19 October and extends to buses, free-to-air TV and streaming from 26 October.
Gavin Pearce, Minister for Primary Industries and Water · Original source
The Tasmanian Government has released a three-year plan to manage wild fallow deer in and around towns, roads and other populated areas, with area-specific control plans to be developed with landholders, councils and communities. Minister for Primary Industries and Water Gavin Pearce said Acton Park, the Tasman Peninsula and Bruny Island will be tackled first, with localities including Launceston's outskirts, West Tamar, Westbury and Bicheno to follow. The Tasmanian Game Council welcomed the plan.
Kerry Vincent, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport · Original source
Air New Zealand's first direct Auckland to Hobart flight of the 2026-27 season has arrived, restoring a seasonal international link for Tasmania, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Kerry Vincent said. The season includes up to 170 flights and more than 33,000 seats, an increase of 36 flights (27 per cent) and 7,268 seats (28 per cent) on last year. The Tasmanian Government links the service to its Access Strategy and tourism growth plans.
Jaclyn Symes, Minister for Energy and Resources · Original source
Victoria's publicly owned SEC has found an estimated $440,000 in annual electricity savings across 21 public schools by reviewing network charges and moving them onto better tariffs, including $75,000 a year at Wulerrp Secondary College. The SEC is launching a Network Tariff Optimisation Tool to find savings across thousands of government sites, with around 1,400 government schools' tariffs now under review. The SEC supplies 100 per cent renewable electricity to 4,400 Victorian government sites.
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister; Catherine King, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government · Original source
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Infrastructure Minister Catherine King marked the first passenger flight from Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, a full Jetstar Airbus A320 service, JQ362, to the Gold Coast. Designated at Badgerys Creek in 1986, the airport followed 15 years of planning and seven years of construction, with more than 13,000 workers on the precinct. It is part of an $18 billion Western Sydney investment, with international services from Fiji Airways, Vietjet, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways.
