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Tasmania’s unnecessary energy crisis
An outage of the Basslink cable plunged Tasmania into a six-month long energy crisis. Industrial production at major producers had to be slowed, with …
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Jacqui Lambie to launch a new party
In late March, ex-Palmer United Party (PUP) Senator Jacqui Lambie applied to register the ‘Jacqui Lambie Network’ (JLN) with the Electoral Commission. Party status …
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Tasmanian Libs attack public sector
While official unemployment sits above 7%, the new Tasmanian government’s first budget proposes to cut at least 1200 public sector jobs. This follows from …
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New anti-protest laws in Tasmania
New anti-protest laws were passed through the Tasmanian Lower House on June 26. These laws will allow the police to arrest anyone who ‘interrupts …
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SA & Tas: No enthusiasm for any of the mainstream parties
South Australia and Tasmania held state elections on Saturday March 15. South Australia has been governed by the ALP since 2002 while Tasmania had …
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Tasmanian Greens & ALP support electricity privatisation
The Tasmanian Greens are pushing for the partial privatisation of the state-owned power industry. Their approach shows once again that the Greens have no …
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The lessons of Port Arthur
The following article appeared in The Militant newspaper (predecessor of The Socialist) in June 1996. We are republishing it now for the first time …
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New Tasmanian forest agreement a sham
The decade’s long struggle between environmentalists, the logging industry and the Tasmanian State Government is in the public eye once again. The latest chapter …
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Labor punished in Tasmania and South Australia
Working class alternative absent in both states Saturday March 20 saw State elections in Australia’s two least populated states, South Australia and Tasmania. South …
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ALP re-elected in South Australia and Tasmania
Labor State Governments have been re-elected in South Australia and Tasmania yesterday. The uneasy economic upturn (that a section of workers has benefited from …
