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Expert Advice or AFL - Parliament Must Still Choose 1

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Expert Advice or AFL – Parliament Must Still Choose

The problem with our government is not that they cannot see the crisis – they can. It is that they have chosen...

Voodoo Economics - Flawed Stadium Project Appraisal 5

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Voodoo Economics – Flawed Stadium Project Appraisal

In the following commentary, Ruth Forrest accuses the Tasmanian Government’s use of “voodoo economics” in its new approach to project appraisal for...

Stadium's Cost Threatens Trust, Vision and Social Fabric 7

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Stadium’s Cost Threatens Trust, Vision and Social Fabric

The upcoming 4 November 2025 parliamentary vote on the new Macquarie Point stadium has plunged Tasmania into a political crisis defined by...

Perry's Stadium Analysis Raises Serious Questions About Independence 9

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Perry’s Stadium Analysis Raises Serious Questions About Independence

The 22 October Public Accounts Committee hearing into Coordinator-General John Perry’s controversial stadium opinion piece has raised serious questions about the independence...

Australia's Democracy Stuck in Colonial-Era System 11

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Australia’s Democracy Stuck in Colonial-Era System

This opinion piece from Steve Loring argues Australia’s Westminster parliamentary system has become an outdated relic unable to meet modern citizen expectations....