Current Affairs

Young Tasmanian observes elections in El Salvador

Media Release In March El Salvador will hold presidential elections and the left wing FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) are predicted...

It’s time to break the law

Scott Millwood New Matilda: The fight to save Tasmania’s forests is part of a wider moral struggle, one similar to that which...

Happy Australia Day!

Garry Stannus Karl, what a great cartoon! Is there a secret tunnel to Parliament House? I can’t get over this little hiccup...

Coming Out Proud Trust Announces Funding Allocations

MEDIA RELEASE The COPP Trust has developed a substantial capital investment base to finance social, wellbeing and enterprise initiatives that will assist...

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Pretty cheap, really

Keeper’s Friend Re #4,5&6;You can’t expect people NOT to hold those prejudices when you look at the amount of money forestry interests...

Gotcha, Cato

Tasmanian Times Gunns is employing Sydney spin firm Cato Counsel to ‘soften’ its appalling public image. It will be interesting to see...

Let Down by the News

James Dryburgh All four channels consistently refer to the opposition to the Pulp Mill as ‘green groups’ and ‘environmentalists’. This is misleading...

Cheney says he gets to decide which records to archive

The 1978 Presidential Records Act requires that all presidential and vice presidential records to be transferred to the National Archives immediately upon...

More Groups Than Thought Monitored in Police Spying

The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers monitored –...