Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.1KSuffering Without a Government Architect
Opinion – Our Place Hobart, 28 May 2024 Planning Matters Now, as the dust settles, our new parliament would do well to...
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Disability Voices Tasmania Laments Funding Uncertainty
Disability Voices Tasmania is unique in that we are the only cross-disability organisation in Tasmania. Our existence, however, is now under threat....
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The 51st Tasmanian Parliament and the Prisoners’ Trilemma …
Independents, sure, but they may driver harder bargains by working together argues JT Young.
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Tasmanians Deserve Better on Human Rights
After decades of calls for improved legal structures for human rights, it's time for action argues Sarah Bolt.
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4-Way Elwick Battle for the Northern Suburban Soul
The Legislative Council Division of Elwick* (see below) is a geographically-compact electorate with a complicated history. It’s also probably the most evenly-contested...
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UK Report on Care for Gender-diverse Youth Doesn’t Apply to Tasmania
A review of health care for young transgender people, commissioned by the UK Government and conducted by Dr Hilary Cass, has been...
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Lack of Understanding of PWD and Injury in the Health System
What does it really mean to be disabled and have an accident? Does mainstream medicine really understand the impact on our ability...
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David O’Byrne and the Numbers Game
Arithmetically we are still in a hung parliament situation because no one bloc has achieved the magic 18 seat requirement to gain...
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It’s Time to Put the Stadium to the People
Give the people of Tasmania a formal say on the controversial stadium project, say Ivan Dean and Greg Hall.
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Voting Access Still Manifestly Inadequate
One in 16 votes in the Tasmanian state election were invalid. Let’s address the elephant in the room here: it’s access. Our...
