Editorial
17 Mar 10 | WHAT place does religion have in politics?
In some countries religion is everything, and is often a precondition for public life and decision making.
Australia is a "Christian country" but
16 Mar 10 | SHOULD Tasmania follow the Queensland Government's road safety example and investigate lowering the state's blood alcohol limit from .05 to .02?
Would this be fair on light drinke
15 Mar 10 | SOME weeks ago this newspaper urged voters to clean out the dead wood with their vote next Saturday, and for whatever reason they appear ready to rejuvenate their House of Assembly.
By dead wood w
12 Mar 10 | SHOULD jailed criminals retain the right to vote?
The law deems that people sent to jail should lose that right if their sentence is for three years or more.
The Greens want this caveat rem
11 Mar 10 | WHAT is going on at the Launceston City Council that decisions affecting the community are based on the results of surveys that don't exist?
It makes a fool of the council and aldermen.
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10 Mar 10 | TONY Abbott's 26 weeks of paid parental leave will unravel if he is seen to be caught out flip-flopping over previously held ardent views about paid maternity leave and also making policy without
09 Mar 10 | PREMIER David Bartlett should explain why he supports Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's national health plan.
He should explain how we would be $350 million better off under the plan as he sugge
08 Mar 10 | PLACING a bounty on the skilled workforce we've lost to other states is a laudable policy, but nowhere near enough to achieve good results.
It is really just Band-Aid symbolism.
The Li
05 Mar 10 | What on earth has happened to the good old university tutorial of six to 10 students, who could mull over and workshop theories and issues with their tutor between lectures?
News this week that tu
04 Mar 10 | Kevin Rudd's proposed overhaul of the nation's health system was a 2007 election promise, too long in the making.
If it reduces waiting lists it is a good thing, but why haven't t
03 Mar 10 | LAUNCESTON City Council meetings ought to be a place for mature and civilised debate on substantive issues, rather than a setting for the closing time antics of a country pub.
Aldermen ou
02 Mar 10 | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's extraordinary apology to voters about his Government's performance may work a treat with its novel appeal, but it's one of those rare public spectacles you can
01 Mar 10 | THE use of knives as a weapon has become an issue across Australia and must be addressed.
In the cities the anecdotal evidence suggests that knives have replaced firearms as the most common w
26 Feb 10 | IT'S time the electorate cleaned out the dead wood in Parliament.
It need not impinge on a voter's preference for a particular party because the parties have provided plenty of choices
25 Feb 10 | TASMANIANS appear to have grown distrustful of major party politics, and would prefer the "firm hand on the shoulder of government", as Greens leader Senator Bob Brown once described it.
The lates
24 Feb 10 | GOVERNMENTS facing election campaigns are expected to be prepared with detailed policies.
After all, they have the benefit of thousands of public servants, to task with policy formulation well
23 Feb 10 | WE must rethink our attitude as a community towards the boundaries, norms and trends associated with road safety because some court sentences are puzzling and seem to suit no one other than those foun
22 Feb 10 | PARENTS should shoulder the burden of responsibility for violent student behaviour in schools, especially where weapons are involved.
There were more than 7000 suspensions from schools in Tasm
19 Feb 10 | THE State Government should act to clear up the confusion over the "public holiday" nature of Launceston Cup Day next week.
If there are constraints because of the caretaker status of Parliament,
18 Feb 10 | AS A DUTY of care, the Launceston City Council was right to support a ban on smoking at outdoor dining areas, but this is important social change and deserved better consultation.
The council said
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