Opinion

Island incarceration has a lot going for it

MARTIN STEVENSON says: A BOLD plan designed to see indigenous young offenders banished to an offshore Tassie island ...

State GST looms as downer for Coalition

BARRY PRSIMALL says: WHAT would life be like in Tasmania under an Abbott government? The GST affair gives ...

Just who benefits from NAPLAN stress?

ROSITA GALLASCH SAYS; ONCE again national literacy and numeracy testing has come and gone.

Holy Switch affirms participant's faith

CLAIRE VAN RYN SAYS: 'I saw the truth," said Launceston woman Kim Grainger.

Sting of stigma in private pain

ALEX DRUCE says: US COMIC Sarah Silverman said it was like feeling homesick when you were already at ...

Astrologists and treasurers have plenty in common

THEY say it's bad luck to read old horoscopes.

Baby bonus end leading to tears

MARK BAKER says: FORMER treasurer Peter Costello famously urged parents to have a baby for mum, a baby ...

Delivery jobs in the air, thanks to drones

MARTIN STEVENSON SAYS: It was the pizza guy who reckoned Greens leader Christine Milne sounded as if she ...

Cricket continues to hit financial jackpot

BY ALL reports Cricket Australia is about to hit the jackpot with a new television rights deal.

Women see red over poor choice of words

CALLA WAHLQUIST SAYS: Last week, Tony Abbott tried to say something nice about women.

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Governments will need to tie the knot

WHETHER Premier Lara Giddings's move on gay marriage is a stunt to divert attention from other issues like ...

State must remain competitive

WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett's scrapbook of mendicant Tasmania, wallowing in its own giant national park, must be ...

Empty Labor ship sails out of Bass

MARTIN GILMOUR says: IF the Prime Minister's visit to Launceston yesterday was to wow the voters of Bass ...

Greens lose the plot with youth vote proposal

MARTIN GILMOUR SAYS: The proposal by Nick McKim and the Greens to drop the legal voting age in ...

Clarification

IN yesterday's Monday Expose in The Examiner, we provided opposing views on the plan to decriminalise abortion in ...

Western Tiers a case of bungling

THE story of the forgotten men of the Great Western Tiers is a salutary lesson in how to ...

Letters to the Editor

Health costs

I HEARD that the federal government employs 6000 people in the health department.No wonder health costs are sky high when ...

Petrol promise

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard would have us here in Tasmania believe that she will look into getting us cheaper petrol.

River dreaming

IN RECENT times there have been suggestions on how to improve and beautify the Tamar River.All are admirable suggestions and ...

City solutions

PROFESSOR Nigel Forteath (My Vision for Tasmania, May 18) is spot on in his diagnosis that Launceston's prosperity is bogged ...

Polls

POLL: ‘Education not more probation’

ALBURY-WODONGA: Instructors dispute suggestion extending probationary licences to seven years is the best way to cut road toll.

POLL: NSW bill to ban 'anti-vax' kids

Move to ban unvaccinated kids from preschools and childcare centres isn't about discriminating against children of vaccine refusers, ...

POLL: Pie slip costs hotel $500k

ILLAWARRA: Woman who slipped on a party pie awarded almost half a million dollars in compensation.

Pot for terminally ill has multiple backers

HUNTER: Man who used cannabis to battle HIV backs recommendation to give terminally ill access to the drug.

BUDGET 2013: Full coverage

INTERACTIVE, VIDEO, POLL: Key regional independent MPs back the budget

Logging looms in national parks

NSW: Barry O'Farrell urged to "rein in his cowboys" after inquiry recommends logging in national parks.

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