Tasmanian Times, Hobart, Hobart Town (2024)

22/12/2023

Callum J. Jones reviews ‘Exiled to Exalted’, which takes readers on a personal voyage through history and memory.

14/12/2023

After shockingly high numbers of our iconic Tasmanian devils were observed dead on the roads around Woolnorth, far north-west Tasmania, drivers have been pledging to slow down to protect the devils.
Claire Jinnette from Cradle Coast Authority and a member of the Circular Head Roadkill Mitigation Working Group have been raising awareness of the importance of slowing down for our devils and asking people to sign a commitment.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/12/slow-down-for-devils/

11/12/2023

New research from Anglicare Tasmania details the physical and emotional toll that cost of living pressures are having on Tasmanians who live on low incomes.
“We encourage the State Government to consider and include the impact on people living on low incomes when it develops any legislation and policy,” said Dr Alexandra King. “The challenge for government – and for us as a community – is to lift people up rather than drag them down.”

Media release – Anglicare Tasmania, 12 December 2023 Tasmanians in survival mode New research from Anglicare Tasmania details the physical and emotional toll that cost of living pressures are having on Tasmanians who live on low incomes. Anglicare’s Survival Mode report calls for government acti...

08/12/2023

New hidden camera footage released by Farm Transparency Project shows widespread animal cruelty and regulatory breaches across five Tasmanian slaughterhouses, accounting for over a quarter of the state’s industry.

Media release – Farm Transparency Project, 8 December 2023 Major Tasmanian abattoir suspended and four more under investigation after animal advocacy group reveals “systemic animal abuse and regulatory breaches” New hidden camera footage released by Farm Transparency Project shows widespread a...

07/12/2023

'The Comedy of Errors' by William Shakespeare is being performed outdoors this December in northern Tasmanian by new theatre company Reindear Theatre (based in Devonport).
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/12/outdoor-theatre-the-comedy-of-errors/

17/11/2023

Modelling from ConocoPhillips’ Environment Plan shows hydrocarbon spill scenarios from an uncontained wellhead blowout in its proposed Bass Strait test drilling areas could have major impacts on the coastlines of Tasmania, VIC, SA & NSW.

Media release – Australian Marine Conservation Society, 17 November 2023 Otway basin test drilling spill could impact as far north as NSW American fossil fuel giant ConocoPhillips has today lodged its draft Environment Plan for its proposed test drilling project in the western Bass Strait between ...

10/11/2023

Young vegetable grower Caitlin Radford will feature in an upcoming episode of 'Farm to Fork' as the TV cooking show comes to Tasmania for the first time.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/11/farm-to-fork-comes-to-tasmania/

01/11/2023

Various civil society organisations are today calling for both houses of the Tasmanian Parliament to strengthen the long-awaited electoral reforms and pass them without further delay.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/11/various-civil-society-organisations-call-for-immediate-electoral-reform/

25/10/2023

Greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock - recently named 'Greyhound Trainer of the Year' in the industry awards - has been banned for life for using animal body parts in his training practices.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/10/greyhound-trainer-anthony-bullock-banned-for-life/

20/10/2023

"In a meta-review of over 130 peer reviewed studies reporting on the net benefits of stadiums post construction and new sporting teams, economics Professor Bradbury and colleagues concluded: “…nearly all empirical studies find little to no tangible impacts of sports teams and facilities on local economic activity…”

Want to inject money into the Tasmanian economy? It would be better to drop it from a helicopter than build a stadium at Macquarie Point.

18/10/2023

Journalist Tim Stone has received a Churchill Fellowship to study the journey of escaped convicts who sailed a hijacked ship from Tasmania across the Pacific to Japan, before their return to England in 1830.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/10/tim-stone-awarded-churchill-fellows/

13/10/2023

"Before I settled in Australia, I couldn't believe that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were not acknowledged. It is hard to understand how a wealthy, 'first world' and visionary country can be advanced in many ways, but have a big gap in recognising and taking care of its Indigenous peoples."

The Voice Referendum on October 14 in Australia, will be a historical event. Independent of the result, it will be a big step in recognising the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. To include the Voice in the Constitution is crucial, especially because Australia is probably the only countr...

09/10/2023

Poker machine losses in Tasmania are up 10.5% in the last 4 years according to new data released by the Alliance for Gambling Reform, an average of $449 per adult in the state.

Media release – Alliance for Gambling Reform, 9 October 2023 Poker machine losses surge to a staggering, all-time high of $14.5billion Poker machine losses in pubs and clubs across five states surged last financial year to $14.54 billion, easily eclipsing the losses suffered in 2018-19, the last f...

29/09/2023

The Get into the Game program, a partnership between Anglicare Tas and the Tasmanian Government, aims to reduce people’s exposure to gambling promotion in community sporting environments, and disrupt the normalisation of betting on sports.

Media release – Anglicare Tasmania, 29 September 2023 Anglicare joins with Huon Valley PCYC to ‘get into the game’ Anglicare Tasmania is encouraging sporting organisations to make a commitment to reduce the impact of sports betting in their club environments. The Get into the Game program, a p...

25/09/2023

Transcript of media conference on UNESCO
World Heritage Committee's 'Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value' including reference to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Featuring Vica Bayley MP, The Wilderness Society, Tasmanian National Parks Association, Fishers & Walkers Tasmania.

Transcript of media conference with Vica Bayley, Greens MHA for Clark, Tom Allen (The Wilderness Society), Nick Sawyer (Tasmanian National Parks Association), Dan Broun (Fishers and Walkers Tasmania) at Parliament Square, Hobart, 25 September 2023. Vica Bayley We’re here today as campaigners, repr...

21/09/2023

A whistleblower has exposed Office of Racing Integrity claims of ex-racing greyhounds being 'safeguarded and traceable' during the re-homing process as being as in reality flawed and baseless, according to Animal Liberation Tasmania.

Media release – Animal Liberation Tasmania, 21 September 2023 Greyhound industry traceability claims exposed An undercover investigator has exposed the greyhound racing industry’s claims of greyhound traceability as baseless. On 10 September 2023 the investigator, using a pseudonym and false det...

13/09/2023

"I see the Yes campaign for an Indigenous Voice making exactly the same mistakes that were made seven years ago (in the marriage equality plebiscite). As a supporter of the I have to speak out before it’s too late." - Rodney Croome

Experienced marriage equality campaigner Rodney Croome takes aim at the 'small target' marketing strategy on issues of national importance.

12/09/2023

Pioneering work by a Hobart-based team at Menzies Institute for Medical Research is improving the care of pre-term babies.

Media release – Menzies Institute for Medical Research, 12 September 2023 Preterm baby follow-up study reports findings of global significance A successful international clinical trial coordinated and run from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has recently had i...

09/09/2023

Our Saturday feature takes a hard look at the rose-tinted 'Hanson Report' on the proposed new AFL stadium for Hobart.

The Tasmanian political stunt of the week was undoubtedly the dead cat thrown by Russell Hanson with his ‘report’ on Wednesday. On this same day, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) found multiple shortcomings with the process to date of the proposed stadium, and amended its terms of reference to...

08/09/2023

Transcript of the media conference today with environmental groups responding to the Swift Parrot Recovery Plan announced yesterday by (federal) Environment Minister
Tanya Plibersek. The event featured speakers from The Wilderness Society, Tasmanian Conservation Trust and The Tree Projects.
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/09/conservation-groups-forestry-exemption-is-fatal-flaw-in-swift-parrot-plan/

08/09/2023

"Why save the planet while destroying our own back yard? We need sensible and sensitive generation projects, where community comes first, and corporate profits last. Expanding our own citizen-owned power assets would be a good start." - Greg Pullen, No turbine action group

The recent rejig of the Marinus Link Project, described by Energy Minister Barnett as “a ripper deal”, has not left many Tasmanians feeling quite so euphoric. There’s been industry analysis, letters to the editor, debate in online forums, plus comments on radio all indicating that initial worr...

07/09/2023

It's been a big day out for the Maugean skate and the swift parrot on Threatened Species Day, on the back of action plans announced by Federal Environment Minister Plibersek. Here's our roundup of statements:
https://tasmaniantimes.com/2023/09/plibersek-announces-action-plans-for-swift-parrot-and-maugean-skate/

Media release – Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment And Water, 7 September 2023 NEW PLAN TO HELP SAVE SWIFT PARROT The Albanese Labor Government has today released a new Recovery Plan to boost the long-term survival of the critically endangered swift parrot. Once found widely acro...