Most recent
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10 Sep 2014:
Proposed laws that would imprison protesters who disrupt businesses are probably in breach of human rights, say experts
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3 Sep 2014: 400,000 hectares of protected native forest to be opened to logging in move Liberals say will enhance job creation
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30 Aug 2014:
As Tasmania’s first Liberal state budget in 16 years is handed down, nationwide questions of regional revival are brought into sharp focus for one small town
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21 Aug 2014: Environmentalists say the move by the state government would open up 1.5m hectares of largely pristine forest to logging
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22 Jul 2014: Simon Copland: There's something liberating about watching the Tasmanian senator say she wants a 'well hung' partner. Aren't we always complaining that politics has been sanitised?
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1 Jul 2014:
The Australian Conservation Foundation has written to Andrew Nikolic to ask him to withdraw his 'unfounded allegations immediately and unreservedly'
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30 Jun 2014: Ministers receive joint letter signed by 25 backbenchers saying immunity for the industry would not jeopardise the RET
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27 Jun 2014: It said repeal of the carbon tax, uncertainty about the renewable energy target and softening demand had forced it to make the cuts
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24 Jun 2014:
It is expected the legislation will primarily be used to target demonstrators unhappy with the logging of the state's forests
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6 Jun 2014: Green group says impact on Tasmanian devils of Riley Creek mine has not been taken into account
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18 May 2014: Leaders demand immediate Council of Australian Governments' meeting with Tony Abbott to 'sort this mess out'
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18 May 2014:
Alarm voiced about $80bn slice off health and education funding, and fears of 'inevitable' rise in GST
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1 May 2014: Radical reworking of federal-state relations suggests states be fully responsible for services including health and education
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