Politics

Is this ‘substantial commencement’? Greens seek legal opinion

Photos taken from the air by Jon Bryan on July 24, 2011, clearly showing the extent of works on the pulp mill...

FOI request on ‘substantial commencement’ meaning refused. I have more pressing matters: Alex Schaap

A series of letters confirming there are legal documents related to the definition of substantial commencement of the Tamar Valley pulp mill,...

SUBSTANTIAL COMMENCEMENT!

Karl Stevens

Another digger dies

An Australian soldier serving with Mentoring Task Force 3 has been killed in action in Afghanistan. The soldier, from the Townsville-based 2nd...

Burnie: The Denial of Bail. Another protest

The article, Why bail was denied – the inside story, on the granting of bail to Karlien van Rooyen, after two days...

The Core Issue

Eschew the imagination of a Wettex and save the pulp mill

A little of the passion and understanding of the need to preserve the past that is demonstrated in the story above (Leo...

Tampa … and the loss of Labor’s soul

Can it really be that long ago. Ten years. Tampa time … that shameful moment in Australian history when then Prime Minister...

Abbott’s angry people … and How to create jobs

“Some might call the predicted thousands of trucks descending on Canberra ending up as hundreds (ABC, 21/8/11) a ‘flop’, but these Australians...

The Snouters Award

J.B. Hawkins Antiques through Tasmanian Times is proud to announce a new Annual Award: “The Snouters” for a Tasmanian Pollie or Public...