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Tas That Was

Tas That Was – Lake Margaret

Lake Margaret in 1914.

Bell Bay Crisis - Power Deal Stalls, Smelter Fails to Restart 3

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Bell Bay Crisis – Power Deal Stalls, Smelter Fails to Restart

The future of the Bell Bay industrial precinct and the hundreds of jobs it supports are under threat from two separate, but...

Marinus – Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing 7

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Marinus – Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing

On a Saturday, 30 August 2025 in a meeting hall in Ulverstone, Kim Phillips-Haines, owner of Leven River Cruises and Coastline Tours...

Labour Unrest Spreads Across Tasmanian Public Sector 9

Labour Unrest Spreads Across Tasmanian Public Sector 10

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Labour Unrest Spreads Across Tasmanian Public Sector

Tasmania this week faces growing labour disputes across its public and semi-public sectors. The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) is criticising...

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Marinus Link – A Billion Dollar Bet on Failure

Almost 20 years ago I advised the fund that bought Basslink from the (British) National Grid Company. NGC (and Macquarie) had run...

Serious Matters that Must be Discussed During this Election 16

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Serious Matters that Must be Discussed During this Election

Ruth Forrest MLC delves into Tasmania's dire fiscal crisis, with soaring debt and a "structural problem" in its budget which demands urgent...

Marinus Link Costs will put Stadium in the Shade 18

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Marinus Link Costs will put Stadium in the Shade

Jack Gilding, at Renew Economy, debunks government commissioned modelling on the proposed ‘Marinus Link’ undersea cable to further connect Tasmania to the...