Opinion

City mugged by parking fines

Parking fines in Hobart, close-up of a parking ticket under windscreen wiper of a car

EDITORIAL HOBART City Council is playing a dangerous game by raising parking fines.

Numbers game raw deal for voters

WAYNE CRAWFORD DEMOCRACY is being undermined by shady backroom deals involved in the election of senators, writes Wayne Crawford.

The chance of a lifetime

EDITORIAL FEW established cities in Australia have the kind of opportunity presented by Hobart’s Macquarie Point.

Employment is good for all

ERIC ABETZ WE do the unemployed a great disservice by allowing them to languish on welfare, writes ERIC ABETZ.

Little change in ‘the clever country’

Soil scientist and dust expert Dr Stephen Cattle from Sydney University's Agriculture Faculty at Sydney University.

JAN DAVIS AUSTRALIA desperately needs agricultural scientists, so why would we charge them more to do a degree that’s so important to our welfare?

In the best tradition ...

EDITORIAL HISTORY and tradition are integral to Test cricket, they are the foundation stones upon which the modern five-day game is built.

Time to climb out of our trenches

Copy pic of Lake Pedder in Tasmania in 1971 before it was drowned by a hydo scheme in 1972. Frustration at the failure to sa...

PETER PATMORE TASMANIANS must endeavour to understand each other’s view of the environment, says PETER PATMORE.

Palmer springs surprises

PETER BOYER LET’S start with some good news. Clive Palmer’s meeting with Al Gore last week yielded some very good policy outcomes and gave a powerful shot of oxygen to a stale climate debate.

Slow down to save lives

Transport SA worker Roger Oliver applying new speed limit 50km/h to sign outside St Andrews Primary School at Walkerville 28 ...

Editorial IN a society where everyone seems to be in a rush, it’s not surprising that moves to slow down traffic in Hobart have prompted howls of protest.

Bill threatens to erode rights

GREG BARNS LAST week Tasmania headed down the road to a more divided society.

New meaning to mandate for change

Forest peace deal, leaves forestry workers unsure of future, loggers in a coupe near Lune River which has been earmarked to c...

MATT SMITH State Political Editor IS there a more frustrating term in modern politics than “We have a mandate”?

Love Mofo, but where’s our old mojo?

LISA DENNY THERE was a secret message hidden in Hobart’s winter festival Dark Mofo, writes LISA DENNY

Teachers to top of class

AUDITOR-GENERAL Mike Blake’s report card on the performance of Tasmania’s public school teachers comes as a welcome relief.

Friends unite in Chinese banquet

MARK BACON RECENTLY there has been a lot of media speculation in Tasmania about the China/Tasmania relationship space.

... And with a berry on top

Saturday Magazine, Tassie Towns, historical Turners Beach a small town on the north coast of Tasmania with a history of bush...

EXPANSION of berry production to farms in the Tasmanian Midlands has the potential to add another string to the bow of the state’s farmers.

Unforgivable war built on a lie

ANDREW WILKIE ACCORDING to two opinion polls in recent days, there is overwhelming opposition to Australian combat forces being sent back to Iraq.

Capitalise on investment

administration assistant at Frogmore Creek Winery Beth Wiggins 23 with the 2014 Tasmanian Wine Routes

Editorial THERE is plenty to be optimistic about in Tasmania.

Caring is key despite funds stress

FRANK NICKLASON THE Tasmanian public health system has received much bad press over the past few weeks.

Little time to waste

FEW in the know will be shocked by the World Heritage Committee decision to reject the Federal Government’s bid to delist 70,000ha of Tasmanian forests.

Government cuts so short-sighted

PETER BOYER GOVERNMENTS have unloaded longstanding assets and commitments, allowing rich people to get richer while making life tougher for others.

Learning to prosper

EDITORIAL EDUCATION is the foundation stone upon which this state will prosper ... or fail.

From sawdust to cut and thrust

Greens' MP Kim Booth speaking at a forum on the use of timbers set aside for wood chipping but are of a good enough quality t...

KIM BOOTH AS the only Member of State Parliament who has run a sawmill, I am often bemused by the surprise of others that an ex-sawmiller could become a Greens MP.

Dark offers fresh light

EDITORIAL ONCE upon a time, if you asked a Tasmanian the best time to visit our state, the answer was “between Christmas and New Year”.

No place for corporate welfare

GREG BARNS THE unfortunate reality of corporate welfare in Tasmania is that there is little or no scrutiny of government largesse, except if it relates to forestry.

Tassie must ride wave of tourism

MATT SMITH STALLHOLDERS and organisers today will be packing up from what was another highly successful Dark Mofo Winter Feast.

Sunday Soapbox: Jump on board bus for social benefits

JOHN STANLEY IT costs about $40 million a year to run Tasmania’s Metro bus service, but the value of the service is more than double.

Come together

EDITORIAL WORKING Tasmanians need to come together over the issue of penalty rates.

You can’t keep hiding the ugly truth

08/06/2011 WIRE: Indonesian workers unload Australian cattle from a ship in Jakarta on June 8, 2011. Australia on June 8 sus...

ANDREW WILKIE Andrew Wilkie says the live-animal export industry reneged on a deal to let him travel with a shipment because it had too much to hide.