Society

Does the 2010 election herald a return to Van Diemen’s Land?

Paul Lennon by Jon Kudelka The 2010 state election presented Tasmanians with a hung parliament. The doomsayers insisting that this was end...

Get a Dictator …Watch what Frank and Lindsay had to say

Image: Mercury here: In Hobart to talk to business leaders yesterday, the self-made billionaire founder of Linfox urged the community to get...

Tasmanian education charity wins hat-trick of national awards

Tasmania did exceptionally well at the 25th Anniversary Australian Geographic Society Awards in Sydney last night. Tasmanians won three of seven national...

Green eyeing councils’ $330m cash reserves? Man-up, Green told

Hobart City Council has received an intriguing letter from Deputy Premier Bryan Green which intimates that the cash-strapped State Government has its...

News to shrink divisions in cost-cutting sweep

Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd will slash its operations along Australia’s east coast in a move that is expected to lead to major...

Chaplains safe despite High Court ruling: Roxon

The High Court has ruled that the national school chaplaincy program is constitutionally invalid because it exceeds the Commonwealth’s funding powers. The...

$240,000 Gunns roadworks bill goes unpaid. As does Walker Corp bill. Man-up, Green told

GUNNS ROAD WORKS BILL GOES UNPAID Kim Booth MP Greens Energy Spokesperson Tuesday 19 June 2012 The Tasmanian Greens today said the...

TASMANIA’S BEST ARCHITECTURE!

People Before Pokies!

“People before Pokies!” was formed today in Hobart, as a response to a public meeting held at Hobart Town Hall two weeks...