Tasmanian Times

New boost for Tasmanian job seekers

• Matchbox Works: New boost for Tasmanian job seekers An exciting and innovative new program is empowering Tasmanian job seekers struggling to...

The Gutwein Budget: Enid Blyton would be proud

Chair of Hobart City Council Finance and Audit Committee’s and Denison Candidate Philip Cocker has described the Gutwein election budget as a...

Where the rot begins

( Drawing together threads from papers on party unity, conscience votes and Edmund Burke’s theory of political duty. ) The idea is...

Medic alert in Cygnet

Huon Valley Guessing Games When you see a quarter-page ad in the Cygnet & Channel Classifieds (February 20) predicting a “bright future...

Biker Gangs Battle In SoHo

Tasmanian Police have expressed extreme concern at rival biker gangs setting up in the capital. A spokesperson said it was a worst-case-scenario...

A Government Funded Forestry Legacy

A Government Funded Forestry Legacy … In the meantime the forests burn … “The area burned by bushfires in Tasmania could be...

World Heritage mockery … An act of real bastardry

A response to Richard Colbeck’s World Heritage mockery here, here, here, here, here, and here This Ringworm on the scalp of our...

Honest Government not on the election agenda for the Major Parties

None of the incumbent MPs standing for re-election in the March state election responded to Tasmanians for Transparency’s candidate survey on a...

The Wall, West Hobart

Things aren’t that bad …

There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect,...