Tasmanian Times
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Statements
TFGA welcomes clarification of trust tax law
Dated: 20 December 2010 The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association today welcomed the Australian Government’s foreshadowed move to clarify the law applying...
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798EconomyTrust us. Not yet!
Simon’s plaintive cry suggested, inter alia, environmentalists are operating in “a knowledge vacuum” away from “the harder reality” of a true understanding...
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743Economy
Ponzi Government
Since the Global Financial Crash (GFC) a couple of years ago, economists have been warning that ‘we are living on borrowed time...
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900National
The Weeping Sore
As the Australian territory closest to Indonesia, Christmas Island has in recent years become a favoured destination for refugee boats. And so...
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905Coroner & Legal
Why consult the electorate?
With our parliamentarians voting in support of a motion to consult their electorates on gay marriage, it is worth asking why they...
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778Economy
Take a stand with the beekeepers
On what scientific grounds does Tasmania continue to use the pesticides neonicotinoids, including imidacloprid? Both agriculture and forestry use these pesticides. Forestry...
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654Politics
The Big Picture: Holiday Edition
Here’s the holiday issue Big Picture which I held for three weeks to gather enough material for you to delve into. The...
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775Economy
The Forests Agreement to end all forestry disagreement?
An outbreak of peace is threatened in the forests of Tasmania. We have a Forests Agreement to end all forestry disagreement. A...
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735Economy
Pulp mill boss recruited to make project appealing
THE new head of Gunns’ Bell Bay pulp mill project was head-hunted to make the controversial mill more palatable to would-be financiers....
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890History
The Chronicle 56: Fleet Street at work and play
Don Bentley climbed the marble staircase of the Sun newspaper’s headquarters with slow, deliberate steps. He had seen this imposing stairwell before,...
