‘Hurling urine’ not the way out of lockdown
We all want restrictions to be over but hurling urine at reporters and flying Trump 2020 flags is not the way to achieve it, argues Edwina Bartholomew.
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Locals ill at ease with Chinese-backed resort plan
Tasmanians’ nerves have been on edge over a proposed Chinese-backed resort near Swansea. But, as Charles Wooley says, locals might be able to relax a little.
Wind day and bin day is an ugly mix
Why, with such an early and widely known heads-up that the weather was going to be rubbish, do people still put their bins out? Bin days should be changed when the weather is bad. HAVE YOUR SAY >
Hell hole for kids finally shut down
So what purpose will these new centres serve if we can move away from them being places where children are sent to be “punished”, asks GREG BARNS.
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We need immediate closure of schools and non-essential services
REBECCA WHITE: We have the advantage in Tasmania of being able to learn from what’s unfolded in other parts of the world
Letters to the Editor, March 25, 2020
In your Letters to the Editor today: Gap year 2020: ventilator shortage makes doctors play God; and different world, different rules.
Stopping native forest logging to fight fire doesn’t stack up
KEVIN TOLHURST and JERRY VANCLAY: Closing down harvesting brings broader impacts
There are four things Tasmanians are most worried about with coronavirus
BRUCE LEVETT: Tasmanian want to know if it’s OK to talk with loves ones about advanced care directives and death
Welfare bonus welcome, but these people need help beyond this crisis
TENNILLE MURTAGH: Welfare bonus is welcome, but hungry, cold families need commitment
The life-saving lessons of a crisis
PETER BOYER: Survival aside, pandemic focuses attention on the needs of people and systems close to home, on the need to shorten supply chains, on using local expertise and manufacturing
Wooley: Close our schools and get tough on isolation now
CHARLES WOOLEY: Top Tasmanian doctors call for a total shutdown before it’s too late
Virus questions leave Children’s Commissioner staggered
Leanne McLean: Impacts of our response to the coronavirus outbreak will last in the hearts and minds of our children for generations.
Letters to the Editor, March 23, 2020
In your Letters to the Editor today: Centrelink relief, birdlife at beaches, and coronavirus crackdown.
Tasmanian schools are ready, come what may
JEREMY ROCKLIFF: In case of closures, Tasmanian plans provide for families without internet access
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