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David Bartlett’s Appointments Diary: Meeting with the Loggers

At his inaugural press conference as Premier in May 2008, David Bartlett pledged that he would “take a deeply considered approach based...

David Bartlett’s Appointments Diary: A Close Encounter with the Freedom of Information Act

Who gets to meet David Bartlett? It seemed like a simple question, so in November 2009 I submitted a request to the...

The Trial of Michelle O’Byrne

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Bartlett closes door on new ideas

“THERE IS nothing new in today’s so-called announcement,” said Peter Skillern of Our Common Ground. “It’s more of the same old thinking...

How David Bartlett’s spin-doctor engineered an election ‘debate’

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett’s Senior Political Adviser, Matt Rogers, succeeded in persuading...

The Rosebery action; Call for probe

A national law firm has launched a group action over claims of heavy metal poisoning in a mining town on Tasmania’s west...

Call for urgent chemical policy reform

Let’s hear it!

Pledges from our pollies of positive protection for Tasmania’s built heritage should be an integral part of their platforms for the looming...

What is wrong with these people?

According to Federal Govt research through the Australian Natural Resources Atlas, the Tamar river deposited something like 440,000 tonnes of silt per...