Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 30 May 2021The government will suspend debate over the 2022-23 state budget this week to debate legislation to introduce compulsory voting in local government elections.Local Government Minister Nic Street last week tabled a bill in...
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 27 May 2022Treasurer Michael Ferguson has defended the content in the state budgets first gender impact statement in about 20 years - a seven-page document.The Legislative Council earlier this year voted in favour of an analytical gender...
Matt Maloney | The Examiner | 25 May 2022A sub-committee overseeing a Legislative Council inquiry into fin-fish farming says all environmental licence conditions for all existing fin-fish farms in Tasmania need to be reviewed.The inquiry, which started in 2019, has...
David Killick | The Mercury | 24 May 2022THERE should be no expansion of the state’s fish farming until the government finalised a growth plan and a biosecurity plan for industry, a parliamentary committee has recommended.The Legislative Council subcommittee Report on...
Sue Bailey | Mercury Newspaper | July 4, 2021 Watch on police powers THERE’S growing concern that the Check In Tas App may be used by police to access data for investigations. The Australian Lawyers Alliance and independent Nelson MLC Meg Webb want a guarantee that...
Examiner Newspaper | July 2, 2021Â Gambling is estimated to cost the Tasmanian community up to $160 million a year, the latest Social and Economic Impact Study for gaming has found.The report, released on Thursday, found the most significant quantifiable cost of...
Mercury Newspaper | July 2, 2021Report shines spotlight on controversial industryPROBLEM gambling costs the Tasmanian community up to $160m each year, although the true extent of the social and economic damage is impossible to measure, a new report has found.Gambling...
ABC News Tasmania | July 1, 2021 The Greens and a former Labor MP say it's not tenable for Labor leader David O'Byrne to remain in his role after apologising over allegations he sexually harassed a junior employee more than a decade ago.Speaking in parliament on...
Rob Inglis | Advocate & Examiner Newspapers | October 30, 2020Â Â A final vote on a bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Tasmania won't take place for another two weeks, with the upper house resolving to further consider the amendments that have been made to...
Isabel Bird | Examiner & Advocate Newspaper | October 29, 2020Â Â Independent MP says private contact tracing information used for promotional purpose by hospitality businessThe collection of personal data by private businesses for coronavirus contact tracing is...
