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Spoilt for choice, but will the new parties be ready

ROSEMARY BOLGER says: TASMANIANS will have more choice than ever this March with the influx of new minor ...

Unique lifestyle can fuel economy

JOHN DOWLING says: LIKE most Tasmanians I would like to see a strong, vibrant Tasmania with excellent services and jobs ...

Is it un-Australian to admit to slaughter?

CALLA WAHLQUIST SAYS: "Australia was the only country started without a war."

Campaign game good for a laugh

POLITICAL campaigns can often induce the strangest of comments.

Succeed or secede: that is the question for Tassie

MARTIN STEVENSON says: AS Australians all rejoice on our nation's birthday this Sunday, what better time to examine ...

Nepal can wait: the green hills of home are beckoning

EMILY BAKER says: I THREW out my passport. I wish I was joking or being metaphorical, but I've ...

Fewer councillors good news

MARTIN GILMOUR says: NEWS that we will have 18 fewer councillors elected in the October local government elections ...

Shed stigma of deadbeat mendicants

MARK BAKER says: TASMANIA has worn the mendicant state label for far too long.

Road repairs

FOR THE past 18 months we have been putting up with the Illawarra Road near Esk Farm.It is a disgrace ...

Detention centre

THE recent announcement by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to shut four detention centres throughout Australia, including Pontville, is good news.

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Campaign game good for a laugh

POLITICAL campaigns can often induce the strangest of comments.

Shed stigma of deadbeat mendicants

MARK BAKER says: TASMANIA has worn the mendicant state label for far too long.

Big job ahead for politicians

ACCORDING to the latest State of the States report by the Commonwealth Bank, there isn't much to get ...

Policy would see state lose $650m

JULIAN BURGESS says: PROMISING to push for per capita GST funding seems a strange policy for a new ...

Moves afoot to cut red, green tape

MARTIN GILMOUR says: While March looms as an important month because of a state election, it will also ...

Winners and losers in GMO ban

TASMANIA's reputation as clean and green is a powerful marketing tool for the state's food and wine producers ...

Letters to the Editor

Road repairs

FOR THE past 18 months we have been putting up with the Illawarra Road near Esk Farm.It is a disgrace ...

Detention centre

THE recent announcement by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to shut four detention centres throughout Australia, including Pontville, is good news.