Forrest’s chutzpah is not welcome in Tasmania
Warnings about the cost of green hydrogen should be a red light to gullible politicians who fall for billionaire Andrew Forrest’s pleas for corporate welfare, writes GREG BARNS.
Opinion
Business Council boss: ‘It’s time to come together’
As the world transitions to a cleaner, green future we need to remember we’re all in this together, says Business Council of Australia CEO Jennifer Westacott.
Conversion on the road to Glasgow
If ScoMo returns as the beaming, born-again Green Lantern of Australian eco-politics he might garner enough votes to be around long enough to put solar panels on the Lodge
Lego is right to make its toys free of gender bias
At our house, our daughter may eventually pivot to princesses but for now she is perfectly happy playing with trucks, says Edwina Bartholomew.
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Letters to the Editor, March 10, 2020
In your Letters to the Editor today: Wombat mange, voluntary euthanasia, and Tasmanian prisons.
Tasmania, you’re disgusting, wash your mouth out
Is the male ego so fragile that it can’t handle a woman making beer? Sexist comments from online trolls prove exactly why we need International Women’s Day.
Don’t blame greedy landlords for Hobart housing crisis
TONY COLLIDGE: The housing shortage is often blamed on greedy landlords, but private housing has been propping up the under-supply of public housing
Employ Tassie engineers instead of relying on overseas and interstate workers
DARREN BEATTIE: Train locals instead of relying on interstate and overseas workers for wave of major projects ahead
Fining the hungry for taking food from a bin
GREG BARNS: Tasmania continues the oppressive style that began in 1803
Navigating a storm ahead
EDITORIAL: Tasmania’s finances are travelling well at the moment. With a projected surplus and negative net debt, it’s the equivalent of having a good job and cash in the bank.
Letters to the Editor, March 9, 2020
In your Letters to the Editor today: Coronavirus, vaping, the road toll and politics
Bevilacqua: Battery of a nation … or global powerhouse?
Why not do away with the cables altogether and focus on supplying 100 per cent renewable energy to firms that base themselves in Tasmania
Build a Hobart high school but watch the other schools shrink
TERRY POLGLASE: First make a plan, because families send children to high-income areas
Talk to exporters before moving Spirit terminal to Geelong
MICHAEL BAILEY: TT-Line and government must consult on Geelong port call
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