Sciences

The Wall, West Hobart

Things aren’t that bad …

There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect,...

More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary

Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...

Big majority sick of forest war

MORE than 90 per cent of Tasmanians are sick of the conflict over native forestry and support an agreement to end it,...

Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String

In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...

Howes set to profit from Gunns debt. Gay bid. Tailrace

MERRICK Howes’s purchase of the debt of bankrupt Tasmanian timber company Gunns may turn out to be one of New York-based Anchorage...

Public forum finds unanimous support for development at The Springs

On Wednesday 26th Feb at 12:30pm, approximately 150 Hobart residents met at the Town Hall to discuss alternative developments to a cable...

Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech

The full text of Greens Leader Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech is now available for download from the Greens MPs’ website: here The...

Liberals to give 4WDs open slather in Tarkine coast

The Tasmanian Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP today condemned the Liberal Party’s proposal to open up new areas of the...

Sea Shepherd Australia takes Western Australian Government to court over shark cull

Wednesday February 26, 2014 – Perth, Australia — Given the science, the November 2012 WA Fisheries Shark Correlation report, the popular pubic...