Tasmanian Times
Politics
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Comments on Pulp Mill Assessment Bill 2007
Michael Stokes, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Tom Baxter, Lecturer in Commercial Law, Faculty of Business, University of Tasmania … the Bill...
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Lennon’s State of Shame
Tony McCall Influence peddlers in Tasmania have direct access to legislation prior to Cabinet. Indeed they draft it to their satisfaction. Can...
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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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Employment implications of Forestry timber sales
Michael Stokes IN my opinion, Forestry Tasmania has an obligation under section 12A of the Forestry Act to consider the employment implications...
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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...
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Mrs Mopp had it right
Bob Hawkins In polite company, we might resist a smug chuckle at seeing our national leader squirm. More likely , we might...
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Time to speak out
Polly Watch A direct attack has taken place on an important part of the justice system — land use planning and the...
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NOW: Tasmania’s 10 BEST decisions
We’ve had a couple of months accumulating readers’ opinions on Tasmania’s 10 WORST DECISIONS of the Bacon-Lennon era. Now it’s time to...
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Letter to the Governor
Professor Andrew Wadsley My concerns over dioxin contamination are not idle scaremongering. I am an adjunct associate professor of Petroleum Engineering at...
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Something rotten in the Apple Isle
Bevilacqua GUNNS Ltd’s pulp mill could be axed because it breaches an international treaty on chemical pollution. A pulp mill expert said...
