Tasmanian Times
Politics
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Los Angeles sharply cuts water, power use
LA TIMES Heeding calls to conserve both water and power, Los Angeles residents have significantly reduced water use and installed enough energy-efficient...
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“Yes we can!” – Tasmanian Climate Challenge
MEDIA RELEASE A southern Tasmania community is challenging all Tasmanian householders to beat soaring energy costs by slashing their energy consumption. Launching...
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The growing atrazine scandal
Dr ALISON BLEANEY Be aware that the Tasmanian Government is using the national drinking water health vaue of 40 ppb (put up...
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Wage boost for Health Fat Cats
DANIELLE BLEWETT, Examiner Health Reporter AS Tasmania’s public hospital doctors languish in a 15-month pay freeze, 150 of the Health Department’s bureaucrats...
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$128, 890, 544 lost on pokies in just 7 months
KIM BOOTH, Greens’ gaming spokesman: $19, 189, 927 Lost in July Alone The Tasmanian Greens today said that over the first seven...
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Will Hodgman: 11 years of hard Labor
WILL HODGMAN, Libs Leader 11 years of Labor: Lost opportunity and broken promises · Today marks 11 years since Labor was elected...
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Wilderness Society ‘welcomed to the real world’
ERIC B. JOHNSTON The Wilderness Society has, at long last, admitted that plantation forestry and pulp/paper mills offer rural jobs and income...
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The Parsons Climate Report
PHILL PARSONS We appear as though we are not going to have high targets for emission reduction or renewable energy. I hope...
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Hobart to get its own Fed Square
MERCURY A SYDNEY-based developer is cashed up and ready to start construction on the $100m redevelopment of Parliament Square. Citta Property Group...
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Wind turbines set to turn
MERCURY WIND turbines will soon be turning on the roof of Hobart’s Marine Board Building. Read more here
