It was timely of a Washington Post blog to refer me to an intriguing measure of just how accurate — actually inaccurate — economic forecasts turn out to be.
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The same old public hospital nonsense
Remember all that federal Labor arty talk about finally fixing the financing of the public hospital system? Well, forget them. The first state to make a mockery of the new system was Tasmania, writes Richard Farmer.
EMRS: Libs 48, Labor 25 and Greens 22 in Tassie
Tasmanian polling outfit EMRS has released a survey of about 850 respondents on state voting intentions. The Libs are at 48 percent, Labor 25 percent and the Greens 22 percent, reports Wiliam Bowe.
Tasmanian upper house elections
On Saturday one-fifth of Tasmanian voters went to the polls for the periodical Legislative Council election. Recap the weekend’s events by reading William Bowe’s live bog conducted on Saturday and Sunday.
travel Visit exquisite Tuscany. Location: an hour north of Hobart
W H Chong travelled to Hobart in Tasmania and photographed this “lovely little extension of classic Italy.”
Stoned wallabies, not aliens, damaging poppy crops
The mystery of crop circles in and around Tasmania’s legal opium poppy fields may have been solved. It’s not aliens, but junkie wallabies hopping around in dazed circles.
Tasmania plans TV show to promote state
The Tasmanian Government is planning to pay a TV broadcaster to develop, make and air a series promoting the state as an exciting place to live and do business. Good luck with that.
Violence and extinction in Tasmania’s forests
It’s been a bad for Tasmania’s forests and for those responsible for administering them, writes Tim Hollo.
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Kennett: hand outs good for Hawks, but not lazy low income earners
Mr. Kennett thinks $15 million is better spent on his football club, rather than on those lazy low income earners and welfare bludgers who sleep rough every night, writes Greg Barns.
Greens go soft on Dick Smith
Why aren’t Bob Brown and his colleagues in the Tasmanian Greens outraged at the aggressive tactics of millionaire adventurer and developer Dick Smith?, asks Greg Barns.
Tasmanians are struggling as much as their trees
Tasmania is Australia’s Mississippi or Alabama, writes Greg Barns.
Tasmanian politics and the unfortunate vignette of Paula Wriedt
In the aftermath of Paula Wriedt’s attempted suicide, let’s consider the state of affairs in Tasmania in terms of both ministerial workloads and parliamentary representation, writes Bruce Montgomery.
Back to square one on the Mersey Hospital
Ten months later and hundreds of political bickering days after the infamous Federal Government takeover in the marginal electorate of Braddon in North West Tasmania, today the Mersey Hospital is back under State Government control, writes Mike Walker.
Paul Lennon just couldn’t bring home the Bacon
Paul Lennon’s greatest failing was to not break from the political culture of Jim Bacon, writes Tasmanian Times editor Lindsay Tuffin .
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Lennon goes anti-gay to woo Church votes
As the Lennon Government in Tasmania tumbles in the polls it needs to find a new constituency, one it hasn’t reached out to before - the Religious Right, writes a Tasmanian politics insider.
Kons rolled by tenacity and sticky tape: a Tasmanian view
As a long time Tasmanian media professional, I have enjoyed reading commentator Greg Barns’ take on the extraordinary events of the past week in Tasmanian politics. There is, as always, more to the story. By Cassy O’Connor.
Lennon loses another deputy: once is careless, twice …
Tasmanian deputy premier Steve Koms has resigned. The blame lies with Paul Lennon, writes Greg Br=arbns.
Tassie Libs hold fire on big party donor
The Liberal Party in Tasmania has never been too keen on its members publicly lashing the party’s leadership – unless of course you happen to work for a major party donor, writes Greg Barns.
Polling in Tasmania: every head counts
Here’s a quick refresher course in electoral history. Bob Hawke won in 1983 and 1984 without winning a single seat in Tasmania. We hear a disproportionate amount about the state at election time, writes Christian Kerr.
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.
