How the Tasmanian vote was won

8 Mar 2018 | While the Liberals' victory in the Tasmanian state election was decisive, the vote was influenced ...  

Mungo MacCallum: Federal Hotels win in Tasmania

6 Mar 2018 | Will Hodgman may be the Premier but it's pokie industry rulers, the Federal Group, who are running ...  

The power and the folly: Will Adani go down like Gunns?

16 Feb 2018 | The Adani and Gunns parallels demonstrate Australian politicians are completely controlled by the ...  

The demons of Van Dieman's Land: Britain's genocide in Tasmania

20 Jan 2018 | Not only were British colonists at war with Australia's First People, but irrefutable evidence ...  

Using trees for carbon accounts looks good but it's a con

13 Jan 2016 | Governments in Canberra and Hobart have discovered that trees make their carbon accounts look ...  

REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd

25 Feb 2015 | Despite its title, The Rise and Fall of Gunns is about rather more than the rise and fall of ...  

The Tony Chainsaw Massacre

6 Mar 2014 | In a speech given in Tasmania this week, Tony Abbott says Australia's old growth forests are open ...  

Tasmania's progressive alliance: A political convenience or a necessity?

21 Jan 2014 | At the same as announcing of an election in March, Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings also announced ...  

The King of all battles: wind farm vs golf course vs shearwater

5 Jun 2013 | The nation's biggest wind farm development on King Island is being threatened by golf course ...  

King Island's collateral damage from anti-wind forces

28 May 2013 | Part-time King Island resident, David Looker, despairs of what he calls “collateral damage” as ...  

Richard Flanagan / Tess Lawrence: Gunns and roses and the cargo cult

27 Sep 2012 | Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence introduces an essay by prominent Tasmanian author ...  

The world moves forward to support marriage equality

31 Aug 2012 | An accelerating shift towards accepting gay unions around the world is borne out by Tasmania’s ...  

The Tasmanian tiger lives on

29 Apr 2012 | Thylacine researcher Col Bailey is convinced the Tasmanian Tiger still exists out in the remote ...  

Charred hearts and incinerated souls

7 Feb 2012 | [caption id="attachment_12313" align="alignright" caption="by contributing editor-at-large Tess ...  

The sad cherub of Susannah

16 Jan 2012 |   "Winged cherubs are often found on gravestones for babies from the early colonial peri ...  

Tasmanians rally to save the Mercury

13 Apr 2011 |   Tension is rising in Hobart at News Limited plans to export Tasmanian sub-editing jobs to ...