One would have thought that in a democracy like Australia this new agreement would not be entered into, if at all, unless the community and its parliamentary representatives discussed and debated it, writes Greg Barns SC
They wouldn’t build them down in Hobart. But Stanley, five hours drive away, is just about near enough, writes Charles Wooley.
As vaccine chat shifts from supply and demand to mandatory requirements, Edwina Bartholomew weighs in after a Covid scare at Sunrise.
Examples put forward by Sue Neill-Fraser supporters as evidence her conviction were flawed do not stand up to scrutiny, argues Tim Ellis SC — the man who ran the murder trial.
GREG BARNS: Authorities grab power in crises
ERIC WOEHLER: When you’re enjoying our famous beaches, remember precious shorebirds are fast losing their homes
Five billion mobiles connected to the internet — it’s an uber-Sputnik moment, writes SIMON BEVILACQUA
EDITORIAL: We are at the start of the biggest story in living memory; the beginning of a few months of previously unimaginable scenarios that will leave our world changed forever.
In your Letters to the Editor today: NAPLAN testing, taking stock of multiculturalism and coronavirus action.
CAN-SENG OOI: Be an ambassador for Tasmania and plan post-crisis holidays
JACQUI LAMBIE: We’re freaked out — but we can keep our nerve while washing our hands
COLIN RILEY: Tasmania Police officers are facing greater risks
In your Letters to the Editor today: More time to bond, closed borders could reap other rewards, and camaraderie in the supermarket.
The decision to impose the country’s strictest border controls in Tasmania may well define the career of our 46th Premier Peter Gutwein.
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