Who’s knocking on Tasmania’s aldermanic doors?

With the local government election results now finalised, Tasmania’s 263 councillors are confronting the dilemma on how to handle requests from developers...

“Nathan Carswell” called

“Nathan Carswell”, it seems, is back from his reported recent trip to Brisbane. Friday week ago “Nathan” called, a little over two...

Who is Nathan Carswell?

Nathan Carswell seems to be a man of strong opinions: he loves the idea of building a cable car up kunanyi/Mt Wellington,...

Mt Wellington winds would have shut cable car

Strong winds on kunanyi/Mt Wellington in southern Tasmania on Wednesday would have shut down the proposed Mt Wellington cable car. Bureau of...

Will voters find out who is funding Tasmanian local government election campaigns?

When Tasmanians vote in the October local government elections they will have no way of knowing who is funding the election campaigns...

Maria Island

Dark MoFo Meets the Marine Board Building

Dark MoFo

Dark MoFo, Hobart waterfront, June 19, 2014. Photos: Bob Burton. ABC: Dark Mofo’s Articulated Intersect in time lapse

Welcome, June 2014

Hodgman criticises The Mercury for cable car reporting

Last Monday’s edition of The Mercury featured an article claiming the Hodgman government “has backed down from a promise to pay for...