Economy

Tas Greens back $1 betting limit

The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the Australian Greens’ push for a nationwide betting limit of $1, adding that Tasmania need not wait...

Public Debate About Rebuilding TAFE Applauded

The Tasmanian Education Association applauds today’s announcement by the shadow minister for education, Michael Ferguson, that the Liberal opposition will push for...

Rising inequality strengthens case for stronger mining tax: Brown

New figures released today show an alarming trend of rising wealth inequality as the benefits of the mining boom become increasingly concentrated...

A reply to Dr Murfet

Thank you for your vote of confidence Bob Murfet (In comments on, Is open space dispensable?. I cannot answer for the other...

Wilderness: A debate

This house believes that untouched wildernesses have a value beyond the resources and other utility that can be extracted from them. Read...

From within the forest roundtable process …?

Tasmanian Times has received this extract from a letter which purports to be from a participant in the forest roundtable process. We...

Wilkie/Government poker machine reforms unchanged

The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the Australian Greens’ continuing interest in poker machine reform. “I’m pleased to see...

Gillard vows to pursue offshore processing

Asylum seekers will be processed in Australia for the foreseeable future, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will continue to pursue...

Tasmanian Education Association calls for the reunification of TAFE

A black day for clean safe air, earth and water

On October 10th the Federal Labor government gave BHP Billiton the green light to a $30 billion Olympic Dam expansion which could...