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• Arts

  The survivor’s side of suicide

  SURVIVING loved ones of suicides often spend many years wanting to kill them, writes Jane Rankin-Reid Mercury IN 1983 my husband Bill...

• Article

  Treasury too close to manage gambling industry

  Jane Rankin-Reid Boyce has long argued that Treasury’s role in managing Tasmania’s gambling industry is too close for comfort. Given that the...

• Politics

  In thrall of the machines

  Jane Rankin-Reid AFTER Brian, a middle-aged Tasmanian tradesman, blew his entire pay packet on his local hotel’s poker machines last week, he...

• Arts

  I object

  Dr Colin Langridge I object to the dumbing-down of our public art in this Neptune case. The level of sophistication employed in...

• Politics

  An unhealthy role

  Jane Rankin-Reid Although HCC’s unhealthy role in the arrests of gay activists and their friends and families has been well documented in...

• Environment

  Seafood sustainability

  Jane Rankin-Reid Fishermen are worried a certification row will confuse consumers FISHERMEN ARE unhappy with radio advertisements sponsored by the Marine Stewardship...

• Arts

  DuffTV

  Jane Rankin-Reid AMONG TASMANIA’S unfunded local filmmaking heroes is dedicated football fan Martin Duffy. By day, 38 year old Duffy makes multimedia...