Wellbeing & Lifestyle

Swine flu: the pigs are under threat …

DPIWE alert Subject: Biosecurity Advisory 22/2009 – Pigs and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza (commonly called Human Swine Flu) The spread of pandemic...

Trains of Treasure!

BRIAN DUNNETT Trains of Treasure project Please find some information for your members and others who maybe interested in details of a...

Skilled guide shortage

MERCURY AN outdoor adventure company has cancelled tours because of a shortage of skilled guides. Aardvark Adventures operates the world’s highest commercial...

Cuba’s green revolution

ASH PEMBERTON Participatory decision-making about cultivation, harvesting, and consumption is encouraged through new models of ownership and distribution. Labour relationships have been...

Pain on the road to recovery

The impacts of plantations

Dr KATHRYN WILLIAMS, Dr JACKI SCHIRMER New reports analyse impacts of plantation industry on rural communities in Tasmania. Two new reports released...

Nurse-led walk-in clinics

JAMES CROTTY, MR, Independent Labor for Pembroke James Crotty the independent Labor Candidate for The Legislative Council seat of Pembroke today called...

The Trial of Michelle O’Byrne

THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE OF TASMANIA Clive Stott gives Evidence Download here: Clive_2_final.doc Comment and follow the trial: HERE

Stepping Stones…

DAVID O’BRYNE The issue here really should be about overall viability of the current funding model for early year’s sector. With the...

No exclusivity in Faulkner’s new world of gotcha-free FOI

BERNARD KEANE, http://www.crikey.com.au/ The media demanded Freedom of Information reform — and John Faulkner gave it to them. In spades.A series of...