Environment

The problem record immigration is supposed to solve doesn’t exist

Population is “the everything issue”. It affects all aspects of public policy and our daily lives. It is essential to get population...

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

‘Geoffrey Robertson QC appears for Norfolk Islanders … ‘

The Norfolk Island community has launched a legal challenge with the United Nations, alleging the Australian Government has breached an international covenant...

‘‘Catastrophic’ decreases of Tassie ducks ahead of annual shoot’

*Pic: Last year’s protest … Comment 7: … ‘Photographer, Michelle Powell, who so generously lent her time and talents to document the...

‘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...

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...

The Climate to Come …

First published March 7 There is no graphic that will explain everything but this one goes close to telling us why many...

March 3 – The day Tasmanians willingly crossed the line …

First published March 5 This week will see a play out of election post mortems, regrets and general dissolution. However, regardless of...