They’re declaring peace in the forests of Tasmanian. But the deal passed through Parliament isn’t worth much for the environment without further protection for the remaining reserves.
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What’s wrong with Tasmania, Australia’s freeloading state?
Tasmania lags the nation in all important economic and social criteria. In an essay for GriffithREVIEW, Jonathan West says a malaise has descended over the Apple Isle. Its industry is broken and its people fear change.
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Flanagan: Gunns’ demise lifts a darkness over Tasmania
It was Gunns’ greed-at-all-costs attitude that destroyed its public reputation and ensured its financial demise, according to Richard Flanagan. The company and its planned pulp mill had gone rogue.
READ MORETassie forest negotiators stuck between Stockholm and Abilene
Tasmanian forest negotiators must be inflicted with Stockholm syndrome. A new interim agreement to end the 30-year war doesn’t get very far, reports Bruce Montgomery in Hobart.
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Polling drives Labor’s push on gay marriage in Tasmania
Tasmanian Labor is in the polling wilderness. Which explains why the the state government will now act on gay marriage, writes political correspondent Bruce Montgomery from Hobart.
READ MORETassie budget: Lara’s theme is austerity and the writing’s on the wall
There is tangible despair in Hobbit Town today as the full impact of Premier Lara Giddings’ austere budget reveals itself, writes Bruce Montgomery, a freelance journalist in Hobart.
READ MOREIn Tassie politics, it’s hard to see the sense from the trees
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings seeks to offer some insights today into the island’s future in her annual State of the State address. The forests remain top of the agenda, writes Bruce Montgomery.
READ MORETassie forests deal like a Gunn to the head
The ultimate peace deal to end the 40-year war in Tasmania’s forests is dead in the water, writes political journalist Bruce Montgomery from Hobart.
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Peace in the Tassie forests, but govt regulator is a basket case
The $276 million rescue package to buy peace in Tasmania’s forests came after the state’s Auditor-General indicated Forestry Tasmania was staggering towards insolvency and would need an equity to survive, writes John Lawrence.
READ MOREDavid Bartlett a Gen X resignation
David Bartlett today refused to resign from parliament immediately, yet having told Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings he questioned whether he had the passion and commitment to continue. Bruce Montgomery reports from parliament.
READ MORETasmania’s political alliance won’t be pulped — but the people smell a con
Before Tasmania’s highly contentious pull mill is built, friendships will be tested, political alliances between Labor and the Greens at state and federal level will be stretched to the limit (though not ruptured). And the people will revolt, writes Bruce Montgomery in Hobart.
READ MOREBartlett: The savvy premier who mistimed his run
Was it really the wistful look of the young son as his father opened the front door each weekend to go to work that caused Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett to quit? Bruce Montgomery reports on the backroom moves and a premier who mistimed his run to the top.
READ MOREDPP and premier collide: war of words in Tasmania
The clash in Tasmania between DPP and Premier, is not unique, writes Greg Barns.
READ MOREJohn Howard’s island moments
It was only six days ago that the Prime Minister took a brief moment off from posing for his birthday pics with the troops in Dili to lay the foundations for the damage control that will be necessary should the Reserve Bank actually increase interest rates before the election.
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