Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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Media bias and double standards
Ben Spinoza has a spray at the media and commentators for not applying equal scrutiny to protest groups and developers, who sit...
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A victory
Sean Cadman Federal Environment Minister agrees to withhold pulp mill decision until after Federal Court outcome In what amounts to a first...
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Legal action against Turnbull, Gunns
Geoff Law The Wilderness Society today launched a legal challenge in the Federal Court against the Federal Government’s assessment of Gunns’ proposed...
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Stopped by Customs
Rachel Edwards They asked if I wanted to have the pat down out in the open or in one of the interview...
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Goodbye Simon Bevilacqua
Hag TASMANIA’S best investigative journalist of the past 20 years will no longer be writing in mainstream media. Today Simon Bevilacqua’s last...
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No, Minister
Alex Wadsley If this is the case, Gunns’ attempt to circumvent the previous assessment process and achieve a short-cut may hit a...
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The Right of a Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee to Seek Independent Legal Advice
Michael Stokes Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law In my opinion, the Attorney-General is wrong and it is appropriate for a parliamentary committee...
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The Porter Opinion
ABC Online A senior lawyer has added weight to calls for an investigation into Premier Paul Lennon’s handling of the assessment of...
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Scrapping the RPDC process
Michael Stokes One off deals like this one undermine that system by encouraging States to ask the Commonwealth to accept special one...
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Opinion on whether the Acting Premier, Mr Steve Kons, is guilty of contempt of parliament.
Michael Stokes In my opinion. Mr Kons was in breach of standing orders when he released details of the Solicitor-General’s opinion to...
