Tasmanian Times
Democracy Tasmania
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Wriedt … and the size of Parliament
Marrette Corby Alternatively Mr Bartlett could undertake to increase the numbers of representatives in the lower house. In 1998 the government did...
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Have your say before Friday
Mike Bolan I SUPPORT Tasmanians for a Healthy Democracy (THD) in their efforts to help create a fairer and more democratic system...
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Ethics Committee – Get your submissions in!
Marion Nicklason Urgent Request for Public Submissions to the Joint Select Committee on Ethical Conduct. Are you sick of questions of corruption...
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Ethics and the Picture of Dorian Gray
Henry Melville THIS REVIEW into ethical conduct – in my opinion – is the single most important endeavour that Tasmania has undertaken...
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Speaking truth to power
Dr David Obendorf For public watchdogs to examine issues without fear or favour and to then speak truth to power requires that...
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Ethics: Dear Tim Cox
Isla MacGregor This Inquiry is far too important to the future of democracy and open government in Tasmania to be WRAPPED UP...
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The talentless rump
Hag IF ever there was final proof of the short-sighted stupidity of reducing the size of Parliament … these revelations surely prove...
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Labor’s public service blowout
Mark Baker Examiner THE price of running the State’s bureaucracy has increased by $800 million since the Labor Government came into power...
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Six weeks, but hey, who’s counting
Nostradamus By now, you will have gathered that I have very strong feelings about Parliamentary reform. The Hare-Clark system has served this...
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Who’d be a politician?
Bob Hawkins I’m not generous in the respect I hold for politicians. For years I have argued that, generally (though there have...
