Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Jobs: Backing for ACL, mills in the balance
RACHEL WILLIAMS, Examiner ROCHERLEA-based ACL Bearing Company will finalise by September its 14-point plan to boost the company’s performance, after the Federal...
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Economy: Short-term stimulus; long-term jitters
ABC ONLINE The Reserve Bank and the Treasury are relying on demand from China to insulate Australia from the global economic crisis,...
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Poll rejects pulp mill
BOB McMAHON, TAP Into A Better Tasmania Who is the government working for, foreign operatives or the Tasmanian public? “Federal Minister for...
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The Fair Work Act 2009 is a defining shift for the ALP
ROB DURBRIDGE President, SEARCH Foundation The Fair Work Act needs reform so that labour legislation provides rights and fair processes for the...
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Jobs on the line
RACHEL WILLIAMS, Examiner ACL Bearing Co could slip into insolvency within days if it can not come to agreement with the State...
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936The flawed methodology of this report is not the template to follow
GRAEME WELLS, School of Economics and Finance, University of Tasmania. A Critique of Assessing Direct Government Subsidies Paid to Tasmanian Industries (A...
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Big Ag shudders
PAUL CROSSFIELD Today, Food, Inc. debuts, with more cities to follow in the coming weeks, and almost every major media outlet has...
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Picking losers under the guise of picking winners
MIKE BOLAN Now that two of the Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) promoted by governments have gone into receivership, leaving tens of thousands...
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Budget Response – Terry Martin
TERRY MARTIN Madam President, while I have indicated my considerable concerns about this Budget, it is appropriate that I acknowledge its strengths....
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A wink’s as good as a nod
WAYNE CRAWFORD It was, of course, all off the record – “Don’t quote me, boys – you know I can’t tell you...
