State

Gunns: Up the Tamar without a paddle

I suggest that Gunns are up the Tamar without a paddle and I paint this possible scenario. The ANZ will not lend...

Forestry MIS teat milks 77 per cent; Farmers 7 per cent

HARDWOOD forestry managed investment schemes received tax-based subsidies of between $900 million and $1.2 billion in the five years to 2008, according...

Shabby treatment

Welcome to shabby Hobart (don’t take my word for it, just read recent letters to the Mercury), and with it the decline...

The Wonderful Power of Humanity

What makes humankind different from all other animals is that we have an alleged conscience and have learned to develop a moralilty...

The Great Debate

Bugger history, the environment and aesthetics

Huon Valley’s seven male councillors on Wednesday evening displayed their contempt for the concept of “consultation and communication” with the people they...

Govt pours $25m into offices

THE Bartlett Government has approved an extra $25 million of funding to decorate plush new offices for its Cabinet ministers. And senior...