Tasmania
A state divided

Is it the fate of Tasmanians to constantly be at odds with each other?  
Tasmanian Election result a challenge to improve democracy

Results from the Tasmanian State Election could start a shift in political thinking away from the ...  
Scientists warn logging will lead to extinction

Despite warnings from scientists, NSW and Tasmania continue catastrophic deforestation that is not ...  
Rockliff Government vies for corruption crown

From poker machine scandals to child abuse cover-ups, the last of Australia's blue states has ...  
EYE FOR AUSTRALIA: Surf's tough at Shipstern Bluff

Pictured circa 1999, big wave pioneer Andrew Campbell surfing Shipstern Bluff.  
Eye for Australia: 4

Reflective beauty: Tasmania's sixth-highest mountain is situated in Cradle Mountain-Lake St ...  
POEM: Football folly

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
Tassie's Tall Trees under threat

Logging and bushfires have decimated giant gum trees in Tasmania. Unless we seriously tackle ...  
Tasmanian Liberals’ ecocide

The Tasmanian Liberal Government continues its wilful ecocide, as old-growth forests are decima ...  
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EDITORIAL: Tasmanian Liberals’ ecocide

In recent years, under the Coalition-led Federal Government, an inordinate amount of rhetoric ...  
Critics slam Coalition’s ‘vote grabbing’ logging plan

In the lead-up to May's Federal Election poll, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a multi- ...  
In the climate movement, women are failing women on #MeToo

I am no spring chicken, so when I joined Extinction Rebellion, I felt like I was ready for the ...  
ANDREW P STREET: The Tasmanian Election — everyone's a loser!

The (Tasmanian) devil is in the details.   
Tasmania's Gutwein Government 'Patients First' policy puts patients last

As Tasmanians head to the polls where health is tipped to be a major issue, Tasmania’s health ...  
Senator Eric Abetz stirs controversy with racist questions to Chinese-Australians

Senator Eric Abetz has been criticised for asking Chinese-Australians to denounce the Chinese ...  
State governments favour migrants with jobs

State and territory governments have prioritised skilled and business migration places, Abul Rizvi ...  
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EDITORIAL: The Nationals' Barnaby problem

If the Liberal Party has a woman problem, the Barnaby Joyce sexual harassment saga reveals the ...  
Was Vanessa Goodwin’s cancer caused by Wentworth Park, Howrah?

Environmental issues caused the death of Vanessa Goodwin and the Tasmanian Government is trying to ...  
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