In the Mercury, Friday 3 November 2023, former Social Inclusion Commissioner, Professor David Adams writes about the parliamentary events of this week surrounding the Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Response to Child Sexual...
Article | The Mercury | 20 October 2023; pg 7.MLCs anger at ‘gutless’ Labor over donationsDebate begins on long-awaited reformsBLAIR RICHARDSA last-minute decision by the Labor Party to wave the Liberals’ political donations laws through the Upper House has prompted...
Article | The Mercury | 12 September 2023; pg 2.Gutwein lends voice to Yes campaignTess Mccracken & Genevieve HoldingIt is up to Tasmania to help mainlanders see the way forward to a Yes vote, Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says.Mr Pearson met former premier Peter...
Article | The Examiner | 28 August 2023; pgs 1 & 3.'It can't be a team at all costs': rally told; Battle against stadium at Macquarie Point far from overJoe ColbrookAnti-stadium cause still alive and kicking Politicians and ordinary Tasmanians took to Launceston's...
Article | The Examiner | 25 August 2023; pg 14Illegal prison recordings review to startMatt MaloneyA REVIEW of police surveillance operations can now proceed, one year after it was revealed a botched operation at Risdon Prison secretly recorded privileged...
Article | The Mercury | 24 August 2023; pgs 1 & 5.Neill-Fraser turns over a new page; Convicted murderer steps out for book launchKatie HallConvicted Tasmanian murderer Sue Neill-Fraser has made a rare public appearance, almost one year after she was released on...
Article | The Mercury | 23 August 2023; pg 6Report 'won't be watered down'There will be no change to the government’s planned approach to the Commission of Inquiry final report, despite calls for it to ruleout redactions in the document.Legislative Council independent...
Article | The Mercury | 22 August 2023; pg 5Webb: Don't Cut Final ReportDavid KillickThe government should recuse itself from making any redactions from the Commission of Inquiry’s final report, an independent MLCsays.Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian...
Article | The Examiner | 14 August 2023; pg 5Dragging feet on donations lawThe government's Project of State Significance Amendmnemt Bill will be debated in the Legisaltive Council this week, but much-delayed political donations reform will have to wait a bit longer,...
Article | The Mercury | 7 August 2023; pg 3MP calls for release of diariesUpper House MP Meg Webb has called on state government ministers to release their ministerial diaries, somethingshe says is overdue.Ms Webb asked for the April, May and June diaries to be made...
