Our Team

Matthew Denholm is a multi-award winning journalist with more than 35 years’ experience. He has been a senior writer at The Australian since 2004, including 20 years as Tasmania correspondent, and is currently national rural and regional correspondent. Denholm has previously worked for newspapers and news websites in Hobart, Sydney, Canberra and London, including Sky News, The Daily Telegraph, and The Australian.

@MatthewRDenholm

Matthew Denholm

Latest

National Affairs

Pictures of the Weld Valley, formerly World Heritage listed forest area, but under threat from the Abbott GovernmentÕs repeal of the size of the forest listing in Tasmania. Pictures: BILL HATCHER

Bid for heritage reversal felled

THE Abbott government’s push to open 74,000ha of Tasmania’s World Heritage forests for logging is over.

Matthew Denholm

State Politics

Palmer United Party Senator-elect Jacqui Lambie appeared on ABC's Q&A program, April 14, 2014. Screenshot of coverage.

A PUP senator is ready to growl

PALMER United Party senator- elect Jacqui Lambie has vowed to use her position to leverage more funds for Tasmania.

Matthew Denholm

National Affairs

Peter Walker, Principal of the Mount Nelson Primary School in Hobart, Tasmania with year 3/4 students (LtoR) Daniel, Yvette, Lily and Ruby. Wed 11th June 2014 picture by Peter Mathew

Soaring success

AT a tiny Tassie school, trust is bringing results.

Exclusive At a tiny Tassie school and trust is bringing results MATTHEW DENHOLM

ExclusiveState Politics

A large cloud of smoke emanates as Tasmanian Fire Service conducts a fuel reduction burn-off (burn off) at Mount Direction. Bowen Bridge in foreground.

State fire strategy of ‘no benefit’

TASMANIA’S top fire chief has warned the state government its fuel-reduction target has “no benefit” for public safety.

Matthew Denholm

EXCLUSIVEState Politics

: Palmer United Party Senator-elect Jacqui Lambie speaking in Hobart today

Libs may pay for ‘duping’ Lambie

PALMER United Senator-elect Jacqui Lambie is unusually savage in her approach to the Coalition government.

Matthew Denholm

EXCLUSIVEClimate

**WARNING** Photos are for three-week use only for an online slideshow to accompany Matt Denholm's story re the Environment Department's advice on the Tasmanian forests World Heritage excision. Images are not to be archived and may only be used in print with permission of Rob Blakers. Photo use should credit Rob Blakers and must include the Upper Florentine image with pointer. ** Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area. The Australian Government wants to revoke these forests from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area, despite advice from the Environment Department that the forests proposed for revocation are mostly untouched.

Little degradation in clawback zone

THE Abbott government’s key justification for stripping away World Heritage protection in Tasmania has been undermined.

Matthew Denholm

Aviation

Truss denies state bias for call centre

THE Qantas decision to hand Tasmania its national call centre work has reopened debate about taxpayer-funded handouts to business.

John Ferguson and Matthew Denholm

State Politics

Libs clear way for logging

IMMEDIATE logging of Tasmania’s old growth forests earmarked for protection would be allowed under radical legislation.

Matthew Denholm

State Politics

Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) redevelopment RHH CEO Jane Holden

Health chiefs ‘guilty of nepotism’

TWO of Tasmania’s most senior bureaucrats have been found by an anti-corruption inquiry to have engaged in nepotism.

Matthew Denholm

EXCLUSIVEState Politics

Opposition leader, Bryan Green (left) watches his predecessor, Lara Giddings (right) walking down to take the oath of allegiance and be sworn into the new Parliament.

Labor set to ban power sharing

THE Tasmanian ALP is expected to ban future Labor leaders from inviting Greens into state cabinet.

Matthew Denholm

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/matthew-denholm/page/193