Tasmanian Times

Aurora, you have a big problem

Strong winds in Southern Tasmania have revealed that Aurora Energy’s emergency response communications system is unable to handle widespread power outages. At...

The New Forestry

Looking at these photos makes me want to rush out with my checkbook in hand, to sign up for Martin Ferguson’s new...

The Hodgman plan: Will it work?

Will Hodgman’s future plans are at last coming under a little more scrutiny. The coming election, we are told, is a once...

Upside Down World

“Oppressed majority” takes place in an alternate reality where women jog half naked and work while the men take care of the...

Arm End: Reserved for the Public or a Private Development?

There is a battle underway over the control of a recreational reserve in a corner of Tasmania. The story deserves to be...

Land of the Unfair Go

It’s the false dawns that must be the hardest. After finally escaping a war-torn homeland, surviving a harrowing and perilous decampment and,...

Most Tasmanian political donors remain in the shadows.

All up Tasmania’s three largest political parties received just over $2.8 million in 2012/13 according to the latest annual returns released yesterday...

Welcome, February 2014

Tony Abbott’s YouTube suspended after ‘deceptive content’ complaint

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, had his YouTube account mistakenly suspended on the weekend after users complained it had deceptive content. The...

Normal service resumes on Monday, February 24

From today – unavoidably – Tasmanian Times enters Caretaker Mode. Articles will continue to be posted by Bob and James. So …...