History

First salvo in a trade war that could lead to a global recession …

First published March 12 President Trump has declared that ‘trade wars are good’ and that ‘they’re easy to win’. This, accompanied by...

Traffic … post-election

Machiavelli was alive and well in the Hobart Tally Room last Saturday …

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian Renaissance writer whose great contribution to history was to give politicians a bad name. He was...

NATION: Despite light at the end of the tunnel, journey ahead will not be smooth …

“Despite the light at the end of the tunnel, the journey ahead will not be smooth.” – Wang-Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister. China’s...

Turnbull’s parliamentary circus …

The Saturday Paper gives one free read a week. This is a brilliant summation of the Turnbull years. The legislative record of...

‘Free Choice Gaming Program’

Among the myriad of post-election policies being drip fed to the community is, I understand, a ‘Free Choice Gaming Program’ to be...

Tasmanian democracy is bought … democracy is sold …

“When corporate or other interests hand over cash to a political party they are entitled to expect that it will act in...

Money well spent on women’s health in the sex trade … or not … ?

*Pic: New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, 2010, Stepping Forward … The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) was founded in 1987, ostensibly to aid...

Farmers falling behind

The grain harvest is coming to a close here in Tasmania … Watching local farmers and contractors hard at work has got...

Shutting down the ‘charity’ sector …

This attack on the ‘charity’ sector by particularly coal mining industry corporate sympathizers within the political system is symptomatic of the extent...