Editorial
02 Sep 10 | THE state legislation to recognise significant same-sex relationships registered outside Tasmania raises a number of issues related to the Federal Marriage Act and similar state laws.
Both major p
01 Sep 10 | THE plight of the state Liberal Party continues to worsen.
In March the party failed to even win minority government from a discredited and worn-out Labor Party.
Then Labor suffered a hum
31 Aug 10 | ALMOST 24 per cent in power bill hikes over the next three years, with a mooted 16.6 per cent in the first year, is a long haul from the 5 per cent price cap that the state government promised in the
30 Aug 10 | IT should be of concern to Tasmanians that our literacy rate and our public library network are both ranked as the worst in the country.
Tasmania was once lauded for having the best library system
27 Aug 10 | ONE would hope that Cricket Tasmania had the best interests of the game in mind when it snubbed Launceston of any big box office fixtures for the coming summer, and instead gave Burnie the December 4
26 Aug 10 | SCHAPELLE Corby should be home in Queensland, serving out an agreed sentence for her Bali drug conviction in 2005, which would probably have attracted a suspended sentence in Australia.
Yes she sh
25 Aug 10 | THE Greens are risking more than their brand by their decision to duck controversial issues under their ministerial responsibility.
They are putting their survival and their ample cabinet perk
24 Aug 10 | REGARDLESS of the natural or human origins of the Tamar silt problem, it is a major impediment to Launceston's maritime- based economy and requires a long- term solution.
Substantial funding w
23 Aug 10 | HUNG parliaments bestow enormous power on independent and minor-party politicians, who suddenly find themselves transformed from obscurity, into the glare of dazzling publicity, with all the focus of
20 Aug 10 | TOMORROW more than 14 million Australians will cast their votes for a new Parliament.
For many it will be a difficult choice because there don't appear to be any national knockout policy i
19 Aug 10 | IN the final days of an eerily quiet federal election campaign the onus is now on the Labor Party to make its case for votes on Saturday.
The party seems set to slip over the line in Tasmania on S
18 Aug 10 | IT is not good enough for the state's second-largest city to be lumbered with a massive river silt problem that is now a risk to the region's economy.
The Tamar River around Launceston at
17 Aug 10 | DURING election campaigns, backroom minders dub low- spending election promises the "rats and mice" on the spendathon scale.
These are low-budget local promises providing a win-win for all sid
16 Aug 10 | WHAT is wrong with the Tasmanian Liberal Party?
If the damning Sunday Examiner EMRS opinion poll is reflected on polling day, all five House of Representatives seats will become safe Labor.br
13 Aug 10 | A RESOLUTION to the pulp mill debate would be a giant weight off the shoulders of Tasmania.
Like the broader forestry debate it hangs over us like an old family feud.
A resolution would fin
12 Aug 10 | AUSTRALIANS will know soon just how profound are the changes being negotiated in the secret forestry talks, and whether the talks are real, or designed to bury the issue during the election campaign.
11 Aug 10 | THE Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is a nationally recognised and respected institution with a distinguished history dating back to 1891.
Launceston has two museum sites - at Royal Park and
10 Aug 10 | THE new Sentencing Advisory Council is a welcome addition to our justice system.
Hopefully it will expand the system into a community-based judgment of illegal behaviour, rather than edicts fr
09 Aug 10 | THE archaeology report confirming human occupation of more than 40,000 years near the path of the controversial Brighton Bypass puts the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources and the stat
06 Aug 10 | SUE Napier was a warrior for her party and her region.
She was a competent politician, but more than that she was a strong community leader - a trait in short supply in this age of corporate
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