National

Our Shrinking State

Miss Denny’s solution to our declining and ageing population (Mercury December 29) is to attract a “preferred” younger demographic, particularly women of...

Organic farmer vs. GM farmer facing trial on February 10

World’s first case January 22, Melbourne – Organic farmer Steve Marsh will soon face his neighbour in the WA Supreme Court in...

The art of the reptile

Amazing Scenes: Adventures of a Reptile of the Press (The Fairfax Library, 1987) is a collection of Evan Whitton’s journalism. @EvanWhitton1. Willy-nilly,...

Betty King … first white woman in Australia

In September 1963, the late Henry Shoobridge of Bushy Park, Tasmania, who was a well know local identity and hop grower, placed...

Doubts removal legislation is really democracy removal legislation

Last week the State Government announced that it intended to introduce legislation to remove all doubts regarding the legal validity of the...

An act of little more than foolishness

Dear Legislative Councillors, Tonight (Wed) I attended a meeting in Launceston, with over five hundred other concerned citizens, to bring us up...

How Korda Mentha instructed Premier Giddings to act. The Legislation …

19 September 2013 The Hon Lara Giddings MP Premier of Tasmania Level 11, Executive Building, 15 Murray St, Hobart Tas 7000 Dear...

Aboriginal AFL player Adam Goodes has been named Australian of the Year for 2014

Sea Shepherd boxes in whaling fleet; suspends poaching

Saturday January 25, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — The Sea Shepherd Fleet has once again located the factory vessel of the Japanese...

Asylum-seeker policy could amount to crime

There is a legal argument that the government has a case to answer at the International Criminal Tribunal over its treatment of...