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Land use in Tasmania is being determined by vested interests and pressure groups that do not actually own or manage any of the resource, writes Bruce Montgomery, former Tasmanian correspondent of The Australian

Political donations data released by the Australian Electoral Commission yesterday shows a multi-million jump in donations for South Australia and Tasmania — the two states that held elections over the audit period.

Much of the speculation that the Greens can take Dension centres on a Melbourne scenario: that the Greens can do better than the Libs, then will out-gun Labor on Lib preferences, writes Peter Tucker, editor of the Tasmanian Politics website.

Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim and the UK’s Liberal Democratic leader Nick Clegg share more than a first name, writes Henry Melville: there are some striking similarities in how the two third-party leaders have waged their wars.

This week, the Greens are celebrating their own milestone, with two Greens yesterday sworn into office as members of a predominantly Labor cabinet in Tasmania.

The latest animosity between Tasmanian Labor Premier David Bartlett and Greens leader Nick McKim is nothing new: the ALP has been loudly and proudly hating on the Greens in the Apple Isle for decades. Sue Neales explains the full bitchy backstory.

Will the Greens be the next Australian Democrats or the new Labor Party? asks Aron Paul. Some lessons in history for Nick McKim.

The Tasmanian Greens are better off supporting a Labor government than being part of one, argues Peter Tucker. The less power the party seeks now, the more it will wield in the future.

After a long and bloody battle, Tasmania’s election finally has finally come to an end, with the Greens providing shock 11th hour to return a minority Labor government. But Hodgman is still fighting, and this war may be far from over.

All you really need to know about tomorrow’s election in Tasmania is that no-one will have a majority, so what happens next will be out of the hands of the voters.

Throughout the Tasmanian election campaign, the ALP have harped on about the Greens being “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. But the real pollies hiding in cuddly fleece are in the Liberal Party, with Eric Abetz heading the flock, says Greg Barns.

The Advocate’s front-page story yesterday was the stuff of nightmares for Labor Party operatives trying desperately to retain power in Tasmania, reports Jason Whittaker.

Election campaigns are always full of dirty tactics, but this year’s Tasmanian battle has sunk to new lows of grubbiness, says Greg Barns

Both major parties in Tasmania are equally hopeless on environmental issues, says John Biggs. It’s up to minor parties and independents to save it from complete destruction.

With the Greens set to hold the balance of power in Tasmania, what will it look for in the Labor and Liberal pitches? Political survival in parliament, writes Bruce Montgomery.

The Tasmanian election result may actually have more significance for interstate observers than South Australia: it could be the big break the Greens have been waiting for.

Antony Green profiles the Tasmanian state division of Franklin, where new boundaries and a high-profile Liberal Party campaign look set to unseat at least one of the three sitting ALP members.

“Senior Labor Party figures” have been peddling unsubstantiated claims about Greens leader Nick McKim’s political future, says Bob Burton. Why is the Mercury granting them anonymity for such an obvious beat-up?

Tasmanian pollies get cosy, Townsville gears up for the fallout from randy rev-heads, why Chris Bath will assuredly get the 6pm newsreading gig, and more from our tipsters.

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.