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Howard cares for those at the margins

Northern Tasmania will roll out the red carpet early this afternoon for a two-day prime ministerial visit. Electioneering, says premier Paul Lennon.

"The people of Tasmania are sick and tired of his smoke-and-mirror tricks with funding.

"We only see or hear him down here when there's an election coming.

"Mr Howard should not be allowed to swan in and prance about without having the acid put upon him to deliver things that really affect Tasmanians."

Bass and Braddon are the most marginal of the Tasmanian House of Reps seats (which are all Labor-held), and they’re both in the north of the state.

Officially, Howard will launch new Liberal candidate Michael Ferguson’s campaign today, and tomorrow speak at a childhood obesity forum tomorrow.