Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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2.0KOur Place Demands Cost Transparency for Stadium
The advocacy group Our Place have released 20 critical questions concerning the rapidly escalating and allegedly hidden costs of the proposed Macquarie...
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Ignoring Experts – Stadium Ignorance, a Trump-esque Folly
Ignorance is Bliss The macro and the micro. Watching Trump addressing world leaders last week at the United Nations, attacking and dismissing...
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Crisis Looms Over Mental Health Services
The impending closure of the Hobart Clinic, southern Tasmania’s sole private inpatient mental health facility, has triggered a significant public and political...
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Urgent Aid Needed as Funding Halves While Demand Doubles
Hobart City Mission CEO Harvey Lennon and Andrew Wilkie MP, Independent Federal Member for Clark
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Child Safety Push – Reforms Lag Two Years After Inquiry
Two years on from the tabling of the Commission of Inquiry report into child sexual abuse, both the Tasmanian Council of Social...
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The Roof is Out – Rockliff Faces Financial Cricket Wicket
Media statement – Kristie Johnston MHA, independent Member for Clark, 24 September 2025 Howzat? … Stadium cricket revenue is hit and hope...
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Massive Petition to Upper House Rejects Stadium
Cassy O’Connor MLC has this week tabled a petition in the Legislative Council, urging members to reject the Macquarie Point stadium and...
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Greens and Labor Unite in Criticism of Government Priorities
These media releases over the past fortnight, primarily from the Greens and Labor, paint a picture of a government facing significant political...
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Labor Caucus Ignores TPC Advice on Stadium
In a statement issued late today, Labor said its position is that the stadium is a “necessary requirement” for the success of...
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AFL Stadium is a Bad Deal for Tasmania, Lambie
A long-time critic of the project, Federal Senator Jacqui Lambie has consistently argued that Tasmania cannot afford the stadium and that the...
