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Article-Independent blasts call to table diaries

Article-Independent blasts call to table diaries

Image from the Hobart Mercury.    The Mercury | 8 June 2026; pg 13.Independent blasts call to table diariesSue BaileyIndependent member of the Legislative Council Meg Webb has described a call for non-government MPs to release their diaries as "childish" and says she...

Article-Year 12 changes not on the cards

Article-Year 12 changes not on the cards

 The Mercury | 5 June 2026; pg 7.Year 12 changes not on the cards Oscar MoodleyEducation Minister Jo Palmer has ruled out "a formal review" of the 2014 policy to extend all Tasmanian high schools from year 10 to year 12.As part of Thursday morning's Budget Estimates...

Article-‘Direct threat’: AG slams watchdog budget cuts

Article-‘Direct threat’: AG slams watchdog budget cuts

  The Mercury | 3 June 2026; pg 6. 'Direct threat': AG slams watchdog budget cuts David Killick Budget cuts have affected the ability of key oversight agencies to do their work fighting corruption and waste, estimates committees hearings have heard. The Liberals...

Article-Mystery follows Libs into hearings

Article-Mystery follows Libs into hearings

 The Mercury | 2 June 2026; pg 9.Mystery follows Libs into hearingsDuncan AbeyThe political storm over former minister Madeleine Ogilvie's belated explanation of her involvement in Supreme Court proceedings has followed the government into budget estimates hearings,...

Article-Stolen organ apology due

Article-Stolen organ apology due

Sunday Tasmanian | 17 May 2026; pg 3.Stolen organ apology due 'Nightmare': families tell of body parts pain as MLC calls for redressSue BaileyA Queensland woman has told of the ongoing trauma of receiving part of her brother’s brain as she prepares for a formal...

Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Hobart Mercury | 20 April 2026; pg 2. Budget cuts threaten women's safety: MLC Elise Kaine Wrong decisions in the upcoming state budget could lead to worsening outcomes for women, an independent MLC warned as demonstrators gathered at a rally against gendered violence...

Article-Precinct for STEM closer to reality as Bill passes Third Vote

Article-Precinct for STEM closer to reality as Bill passes Third Vote

The Mercury | 17 April 2026; pg 5.Precinct for STEM closer to reality:Bill passed at third readingElise KaineThe University of Tasmania has welcomed the passage of a new Bill designed to secure funding for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics...

Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

 The Mercury | 16 April 2026; pg 4.Government stalls on child abuseElise KaineThe government has not shown meaningful cultural and behavioural change in the wake of an inquiry into child sex abuse in state settings, according to a parliamentary report tabled this...

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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