Current Affairs

Cannabis a health issue not a legal one, a Hobart forum hears

A forum of drug experts in Hobart has been told cannabis is a health issue, not a criminal one. Tasmania’s Alcohol, Tobacco...

Asylum seeker lifeboats stripped of their safety equipment

Lives put at risk as ropes, knives and other emergency tools removed and fuel tanks sealed, says customs officer The orange lifeboats...

James Packer v David Gyngell: Thunder From Down Under

Andrew Wilkie, Diary of a Manus Island guard: ‘They went into tribal mode’

• Andrew Wilkie, Diary of a Manus Island guard: ‘They went into tribal mode’ The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has...

Evil Was Only a Visitor

Written in the weeks after the tragedy … April 28, 1996: the staff at the Fox and Hounds are just a few...

Historic rally in Tasmania’s Upper Florentine Valley

World Heritage Forests In Danger Almost 2000 people have rallied today in the Upper Florentine Valley to defend World Heritage listed forests....

Barry O’Farrell To Guest Star At Dark Mofo

Former NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell is set to be a featured guest at this year’s Dark Mofo festival, inside sources have revealed....

Whither the Liberal Conscience?

Some observers would be surprised to see Senator George Brandis in conflict with leaders of ethnic and religious communities – including Greek,...

Liz Smith – Why I’m standing for the Legislative Council as an independent

Attorney-General, Vanessa Goodwin, an MLC and member of the Liberal Party … Liz Smith wonders what (suspended-sentence) policy Ms Goodwin would support...

In Tasmania, even crooks like Gay can run a business

What the hell do the judges smoke down in the Apple Isle? First there was the insider trading case against John Gay,...