Tasmanian Times
State
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Gunns breaks through
Robert Gottliebsen Business Spectator, 4 Sep 2008 While all those around him were cheering the result of the Gunns institutional placement, chairman...
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Planners in revolt on RHH site
Michael Stedman Mercury THE State Government’s push to build a new hospital on the Hobart waterfront suffered another setback yesterday with the...
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Crescent Bay gets nod
Charles Waterhouse Mercury DICK Smith has finally beaten appeals against his controversial $10 million eco-tourism resort at Crescent Bay — but now...
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Bartlett unveils vision for 35 elected MPs
Peter Wels Examiner PREMIER David Bartlett is considering wide-ranging reforms to State Parliament, saying the idea of seven, five-member electorates should not...
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Gunns threatened by forests
Michael West The Age Unfortunately, credit markets iced over last year and pulp mill politics deteriorated. Questions arose over financing (ANZ was...
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There must be an unfettered Commission of Inquiry
Lindsay Tuffin Tasmania needs a commission of inquiry into the relationship between the Tasmanian forest industry and the Tasmanian Government. But not...
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Flanagan’s call for a Royal Commission
Richard Flanagan Acceptance speech of the Victorian Premier’s Award for Best Journalism, for Flanagan’s Gunns: Out of Control, published in the The...
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Raverty’s call for a Royal Commission
Rick Pilkington Warwick Raverty later argued that he would ‘welcome a criminal justice commission, or royal commission’ and ‘was pretty sure that...
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Faith restored, says Bartlett
Damien Brown Mercury PREMIER David Bartlett believes he has restored public faith in the State Government as he prepares to mark 100...
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Logging contractors exploited
Nick Clark Mercury CONTRACTORS are being exploited by the forestry industry, a new study shows. But exploitation of contractors over a prolonged...
