You have to feel sorry for Peter Garrett. He’s had a pretty rough time since he joined the Labor Party more that three years ago, and it all came to a head last week., writes Mungo MacCallum.
Greens 
The Greens simply don’t want any forestry in Tasmania
The Greens are entitled to their view, but with no more than 20 percent of the vote in Tasmania and 9 percent nationally, they are not entitled to force it on the rest of the community, writes senior consultant at ITS Global Khalil Hegarty.
Why Family First can’t help Labor in the Senate
It’s a story that won’t go away: the idea that the ALP might again do a preference deal with the Assemblies of God party, Family First, despite the angst that it brought them in 2004.
Why it makes sense for Labor to preference Family First
There’s an assumption amongst many of the Labor rank and file that their party should always preference the Greens. But it actually makes more sense to deal with Family First than the Greens, writes Christian Kerr.
Green preferences could swing the Senate
A headline in today’s Age has “Labor-Greens feud verging on war”. That was certainly the message from Greens leader Bob Brown in Friday’s Australian, in an op-ed piece titled “Greens won’t preference the ALP”.
Tassie pulp mill looms, despite growing opposition
The Gunns pulp mill moved a step closer to reality yesterday with the Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon presenting to the parliament two reports on the viability of the project.
