Ordinary Tasmanians face the risk of having their rights over planning decisions taken away – and they don’t even know it, say critics of proposed new Development Assessment Panels. See what’s planned
Tasmania RSL CEO John Hardy says a vigil at the Hobart Cenotaph on the eve of Remembrance Day was not about politics, ‘just history and music’.
There have been mixed reactions to the sale of the Treasury building in Hobart. Latest.
The government has released the recommendations of a taskforce it set up in the wake of distressing footage of alleged animal cruelty at abattoirs. Read the latest.
Fresh data found 8700 paramedic shifts went unfilled over the past financial year. Tasmania’s peak health union reveals the impact the ‘unacceptable’ situation is having on staff.
The Premier – with his depleted front row – really got lucky with the big bloke from Sorell, writes Charles Wooley
A warning has been fired over where income generated by leasing brand-new Spirit of Tasmania ferries will go. Here’s what one powerful crossbencher wants to see, and he has backing.
Liberal Party state director Peter Coulson has officially resigned in a letter to party members this morning. Here’s why.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff has revealed new ferries will be leased out after significant delays to berthing infrastructure at Devonport. The latest.
Taking the oath of office at Government House just months after considering retirement, former Sorell mayor Kerry Vincent is the Tasmanian minister who almost never was.
Fish farming activists are calling for better transparency on fish farming mortality rates after shocking data reveals the volume of dead fish removed from Macquarie Harbour.
The government has moved to quell tourism concerns over the Bass Strait ferries debacle, establishing a $6m program to subsidise fares, and resurrecting the travel voucher scheme.
Premier Jeremy Rockliff remains “pissed off” by the Spirits ferries fiasco, urging project players to share responsibility for a saga that has already cost minister Michael Ferguson his job.
Former Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman has been appointed to a major new role on the Gold Coast.
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