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Article-Short-stay tax voted down

Article-Short-stay tax voted down

Hobart Mercury | Thursday 10 September, 2026; fp & pg 5.Short-stay tax voted downAbetz calls out 'hypocrisy' after Legislative Council blocks 5pc levyBridget ClarkeA decision to impose a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation has been voted down by the...

Article-Calls to overhaul TasBuild; Reform wanted over $250m fund lacking parliamentary oversight

Article-MP Slams Male Board For ‘1950s Attitudes’

Sunday Tasmanian | Sunday 6 September, 2026; pg 2.MP Slams Male Board For ‘1950s Attitudes’Sue Bailey The lack of gender equity on the all-male TasBuild board reflects 1950s attitudes and fails to comply with government policy on female representation, a Tasmanian MP...

Article-Kingston Tennis Club serves up 100 years

Article-Kingston Tennis Club serves up 100 years

Kingborough Chronicle | 25 August 2026: Back page; pg 25Kingston Tennis Club serves up 100 years; 100 years of tennis in KingstonKingston Tennis Club members past and present gathered on Saturday, August 22, to celebrate a century of tennis, friendship and...

Article-Abetz gambling retreat

Article-Abetz gambling retreat

Hobart Mercury | Monday August 10, 2026; pg 7.Abetz gambling retreatGovernment backs down on closing hoursElise KaineThe government has been accused of interfering with the work of its own independent gaming commission and preventing "even a small amount of harm...

Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Article-MLC’s move to restrict lobbying

Image from the Hobart Mercury.     Hobart Mercury | 23 July 2026; pg 12.MLC's move to restrict lobbyingDavid KillickGovernment ministers and senior public servants would be banned from lobbying for two years after leaving office under laws proposed by an...

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Talking Point-Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing

Wednesday July 22, 2026 | Hobart Mercury | Talking Point pg; 27Sunlight the antidote to backroom dealing My proposed legislation will make the dark art of political lobbying far more transparent and democratic, writes Meg Webb In a vibrant democracy the “contest of...

Article-Abetz gambling retreat

Article-‘Backflip’ on job under fire

 Sunday Tasmanian | 19 July 2026; pg 5.'Backflip' on job under fireRob InglisFormer Liberal senator Stephen Parry’s appointment as chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council has again been called into question after it emerged that ex-minister Madeleine Ogilvie had...

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Article-Pokies cost Tassie $208m

Hobart Mercury | Saturday July 18, 2026; pg 3. Pokies cost Tassie $208m State's gamblers set new record for losses on poker machines Bridget Clarke  Tasmanians lost nearly $210m on poker machines in the last financial year – the highest figure on record, new Treasury...

While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved

Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines

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