Stadium, GBE sales, cable car: Survey tackles hot topics
A new survey reveals the public sentiment behind Hobart’s hot topics, including an AFL team and stadium, GBE sales and a cable car.
Politics
Glenorchy ‘not a sudden crime hub’, mayor says amid tough talk on youth crime
Tasmania’s police minister has continued his talk tough on law and order as Glenorchy’s mayor said a school holiday spike in youth crime in the city was being overblown.
‘Doesn’t pass the pub test’: Mayors condemn pork-barrelling
The voters of Southern Tasmania are being short-changed by the big-spending promises of the major parties in the state’s marginal seats, local mayors say.
Missing campaign sign mystery solved
The mystery behind a missing election sign has been solved — with those responsible fessing up to the mistake.
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White keeping lid on campaign as poll reveals monster Lyons swing
The race for a crucial Tasmanian seat heats up with frontrunner Rebecca White saying she’s taking nothing for granted after early exit polls gives her the edge over Liberal rival Susie Bower.
How Southern Outlet’s transit lane will work
The Outlet’s newest upgrade will become a transit lane once all works are completed. Here’s how it will work, and how much the fine will cost if you’re caught doing the wrong thing.
Major parties throw fruit over picker wage comments
Labor has alleged a weak support for minimum wage rates after ‘concerning’ comments by a Liberal candidate about piece rates for fruit pickers. Inside the fruit-throwing between the two camps.
The true cost of container scheme as retailers brace for sales drop
Retailers are bracing for a drop in sales and backlash from customers as a 10c deposit on drink containers doubles on top of the price of every drink bottle and can sold from Thursday.
Wooley: Can we make it? Jacqui and Bob say ‘yes we can’
Bob Clifford is the practical embodiment of Jacqui Lambie’s ‘Make Australia Make Again’ campaign, writes Charles Wooley.
Labor vows $1.7m regenerative overhaul of key Glenorchy rivulet
An urban waterway that flows through Glenorchy from the foothills of kunanyi will receive a million-dollar overhaul under a re-elected Albanese government.
Wong spruiks free trade benefits
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong is in Hobart to officially launch Labor candidate Julie Collins’ campaign while spruiking improved trade relations as a win for producers, especially fishers.
How they voted: Tasmania’s pre-polling off to slow start
A trickle of voters unable to make it to the ballot boxes on May 3 turned up at voting centres around the state for the first day of pre-polling. What some of the voters had to say and where you can vote early.
Leave Mac Point stadium decision to the pros: Greens
The Greens are backing a petition calling on the state government to leave the assessment of plans for a Macquarie Point stadium to the Tasmanian Planning Commission.
Tasmania’s long history of election vandalism in photos
The vandalism of election material has a long history in Tasmania. Here are some of the most shocking examples from the Mercury archives.
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