All posts tagged "democracy"

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  Voices of Tasmania Holds First Statewide Meeting

  Media release – Voices of Tasmania, 10 July 2023 NEW TASMANIAN VOICES TO REPRESENT COMMUNITIES IN THE NEXT STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS The...

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  Electoral Reform Stalled

  Media release – Ella Haddad MP, Shadow Attorney General, 6 July 2023 Minority Liberal Government not even committed to its own electoral reforms...

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  EDO: Tasmanian Government is Most Secretive in Australia

  Statement – Environmental Defenders Office, 5 July 2023 Transparent failure — Tasmanian Government is the most secretive in Australia A new analysis...

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  ASU: Local Government Review a ‘Failure of Communication and Consultation’

  Media release – Australian Services Union, 30 June 2023 Tasmania’s Local Government Review is a failure of communication and consultation Tasmanian voices...

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  Committee Recommends Significant Changes to Federal Electoral System

  Media release – Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Parliament of Australia, 20 June 2023 Committee recommends significant changes to electoral system...

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  Voices of Tasmania Launches Voter Survey

  Media release – Voices of Tasmania, 24 May 2023 Your choice, your Tasmania Wanted: 5000 Tasmanian viewpoints. Yours. With all the chaos...

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  Council Amalgamations are a Road to Nowhere

  Imposing forced amalgamations and the centralisation of services risks everything and solves nothing. The lengthy Future of Local Government Review Interim Report...

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  PMAT: No Basis for Proposed Local Government Changes

  Media release – Planning Matters Alliance of Tasmania (PMAT), 3 April 2023  No consultative basis for Council amalgamations and stripping planning decisions...

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  UTAS Move – Fear Inertia, Not Change

  When problems need to be solved, we should fear inertia, not change. With the electors of Hobart voting strongly to oppose the...

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  Franklin Protesters Would be Jailed Today

  40 years ago, protesters were celebrated for saving the Franklin River. Today they could be jailed for months The 1982 campaign to stop...