Tasmanian Times

Climate science must be part of national curriculum

A guest speaker at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s (AMOS) annual conference tomorrow will call for climate science to be included...

What to look for in Lara’s Mid-Year Financial Report

Premier Giddings releases the Mid-Year Financial Report later today. The following are five things to look for: 1. For 2013/14 do government’s...

Rupert Murdoch’s attack on ‘our ABC’ like a mediaeval siege

So there I was about to have a colonoscopy. In front of me was the Herald Sun. I read it – a...

Global warming stalled by strong winds driving heat into oceans

The “pause” in global warming since 2001 can be explained by the discovery of unusually strong winds in the Pacific, climatologists have...

Tasmania does not need a law and order auction or a punitive justice system.

Vanessa Goodwin MLC’s announcement (The Mercury, 1 February) that the Liberals will eliminate suspended sentences is the wrong answer to the wrong...

Sunrise Mt Wellington

Barry Greenberry vindicated

“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies” – Arthur Calwell, ALP federal leader in the 1960s....

Why electioneering is at the root of Tasmania’s forest furore

The Australian government is trying to turn back time in Tasmania’s forests, seeking to roll back world heritage measures put in place...

Mysticity

Pulp Friction: one independent’s perspective

The mill is a mirage, a cruel hoax all political parties are exploiting to distract voters from the real problems Tasmanians face....