Wellbeing & Lifestyle

Our rights to know what is going on are under threat

Hip, Hip Hooray …

When Pope Urban urged Holy war he spoke in these words … “O race of Franks! Race beloved and chosen of God…...

The ever moving pendulum of gender balance

Once upon a time, long, long ago in the infancy of my career I had a male boss. I also had a...

Forestry Smoke … not a good start for David O’Byrne

In Budget Estimates recently David O’Byrne MP, was reported in Hansard as saying the acknowledged dangerous levels of forestry smoke earlier this...

Bookies buying into climate change race

Is climate change “crap”, as Tony Abbott once reportedly said? We’ve heard complex arguments from scientists armed with graphs and pie charts....

‘Crew must not be locked on board of fumigation ship’

The Tasmanian Greens today demanded that the Labor government intervene and ensure that the crew of the whole log transport ship, ID...

‘Don’t lock up refugees in Tasmania’

Socialist Alliance candidate for Denison, Mel Barnes, agrees with Kevin Harkins suggestion to bring refugees to Tasmania. However under one of his...

Gillard’s Mission Improbable

Julia Gillard dived straight into a political minefield, write Phillip Coorey and Damien Murphy. As Mark Arbib and Bill Shorten were urging...

Launceston tip shop

Dear All For the last 12 months I have been working to try and get a tip shop back and operating in...