Current Affairs

NI Self-Determination: Update on meetings and presentations in UK 25th Feb – 2nd March 2

President of the Norfolk Island Council of Elders, Albert Buffett with Geoffrey Robertson QC in London (in the snow) Albert at a...

‘Senate Inquiry hears Australia now in nationwide recycling crisis’

Greens waste and recyling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the evidence heard at the Senate waste and recycling...

Communique – Tasmanian Housing Summit

The Premier Will Hodgman today convened an urgent summit to address Tasmania’s housing shortage. Representatives from 34 peak bodies and key stakeholders...

TTP and the investor-state dispute settlement procedures …

Now that PM Malcolm Turnbull has set his heart on signing the TTP MarkII version, nothing is being said in the media...

‘Housing crisis is our biggest challenge …’

First published March 13 On Sunday 11 March I announced my candidacy as an Independent for the Legislative Council Seat of Hobart....

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...

Just what are funerals for … ?

Vanessa Goodwin … First published March 12 Funerals serve two purposes, to honour the dead and support the grieving. There can be...

Vlad … and diplomacy …

*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner

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...