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25.01.2022 "We know how to protect the swift parrots from extinction," Dr Dejan Stojanovic of the Difficult Birds Research Group told a Bob Brown Foundation rally in Hobart today. "But the fact is, we are choosing to make the problems worse." "Swift parrots are just one of many species that depend on Tasmania's forests, and if we fail them, what hope for all the other unstudied, unknown, uglier species that also depend on our environmental management?" A @TasInquirer report from March highlights the problem - https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//not-acting-is-a-decisio/

24.01.2022 If you like what you see in Tasmanian Inquirer, please sign up at eepurl.com/dKU_1Q. We'll send you an email like this. Then you can be the first to know every time #TasInq has a new story from #Tasmania. You're welcome. ... Visit us at www.tasmanianinquirer.com.au See more

24.01.2022 After 40 years, the final edition of Tasmanian Country has been published. Now a secretive group is promoting a new rural newspaper for #Tasmania. 'Taspaper' is asking supporters for their personal contact details, while refusing to disclose who is gathering the information.

22.01.2022 Tasmania is the only state in Australia that does not require local government candidates to disclose gifts and donations received for their election campaigns. Now new legislation may change that. Read more at https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//tasmanian-government-ba/... Environmental Defenders Office (Tas), Tasmanian Electoral Commission, Tasmanian Election Inquiry, Mark Shelton MP

21.01.2022 Last week the Gupta Family Group (GFG) Alliance announced its plans to purchase the Temco manganese smelter in northern #Tasmania. This week Tasmanian Inquirer reports the company is seeking to negotiate a lower electricity price from Hydro Tasmania, even though its current power contract runs until 2024. Which begs the question: who carries the costs if Temco gets cheaper power?

20.01.2022 SIGNPOSTING: Madeleine Ogilvie, former Labor MP turned independent, has yet to explain whether she's changed her position on #pokies after Federal Group displayed her campaign poster on its property in her most recent election campaign. Read more at tasmanianinquirer.com.au//key-tasmanian-mp-silent-on-fede/ Ogilviemp

18.01.2022 LATEST from #TasInq: know what a ‘PESRAC’ is? All's forgiven if you don't. PESRAC stands for the ‘Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council’. Even though the 9-member council has met quite a few times since April, minutes of their meetings have yet to be published. We don’t yet know who they’ve been consulting with, and who might have been left out. ... It’s important that #Tasmania does know, when the job of the PESRAC is to help us recover from the economic and social impacts of #COVID19. Read more at: https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//secrecy-concerns-over-g/

18.01.2022 If you found an insert in your last edition of Tasmanian Country that requested your personal contact details, you might be wondering: who's asking? Find out more at https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//after-the-closure-of-ta/

17.01.2022 Pandemic parliamentary shutdown, swift parrot survival, pokie policy addiction - just some of the stories in our new, local, open-access Tasmanian Inquirer. Like what you read? Please sign up at eepurl.com/dKU_1Q, and be the first to know every time #TasInq has a new story from #Tasmania. Visit us now at https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au

16.01.2022 INSIDE STORY: how #COVID19au shut down #Tasmania’s parliament - and whether it should have Was the removal of parliamentary oversight for five months the right decision for our #democracy? Many citizens, some current MPs, and a former premier have their doubts - and now some sitting days may return. Read more at tasmanianinquirer.com.au//inside-story-how-covid-19-shut-/... Sign up to #TasInq at eepurl.com/dKU_1Q

15.01.2022 Have we already seen the last issue of Tasmanian Country as we know it? And who might take it off News Corp Australia's hands? You might be surprised to find out. Read more at tasmanianinquirer.com.au//will-tasmanian-country-dodge-ne/ And please sign up for our home-grown news service!

14.01.2022 MONEY TALKS: when 96 percent of Tasmanians surveyed agree that all local government electoral candidates should be required to disclose gifts and donations, will the law change?

13.01.2022 I have a FANTASTIC offer for one client - can I see you SOON!! This arvo? I can come to you? - The Mercury Newspaper to University of Tasmania, 2019 Read more at tasmanianinquirer.com.au//fantastic-offer-for-one-client-/

10.01.2022 BREAKING: The Hobart City Council voted 10-1 tonight to ask the Premier what is the Tasmanian government plan to ensure that the current measures to prevent death and illness from #COVID19 in #Tasmania do not cause greater harm through the economic, social and health consequences of these current measures? The Alderman who moved the motion, GP Dr Peter Sexton, said that if we close our borders for years, and we don’t address the consequences of the impact of that until it’s too late, we’re going to have much worse health consequences from the treatment than the disease itself. Watch here - https://youtu.be/uzDaT9VSQ_U?t=6768

10.01.2022 During the last year, more than $137 million has been lost on the 3521 poker machines in #Tasmania. New data reveal that these losses have surged almost 30 percent higher since #COVID19 restrictions were relaxed in late June 2020. With the reopening of #pokie venues, questions are being asked about the state government's commitment to minimise harm for problem gamblers. ... Read our latest story (and sign up for more)...

09.01.2022 If Peter Gutwein looks Rebecca White MP and I in the eye and says ‘I will not abuse your trust’, and we are all on this little island together, that means something. Of course it’s not scrutiny and accountability. It’s not everything. But it has some meaning down here." (Cassy O'Connor) What do you think, #Tasmania? Read the latest from #TasInq...

09.01.2022 How much editorial coverage did $80,000 worth of sponsorship buy the University of Tasmania in an advertising deal with The Mercury Newspaper? Right to Information documents show the 2019 offer was so attractive that UTAS signed up within hours of being pitched the proposal. But a leading media analyst says the deal appears to break the spirit of Australian Press Council guidelines that ensure adequate disclosure to readers of sponsored content.... Bob Burton reveals the sales pitch.

07.01.2022 Members of the Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council (PESRAC) comprise mining, energy, tourism, agriculture, civil construction, community welfare, banking, and university executives. Opposition and independent members of #Tasmania's Parliament are calling for more #transparency in how the Council makes decisions about responses to #COVID19. What does the Chair of PESRAC say? No.... Read our latest story (and sign up for more) at https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//mps-demand-greater-tran/

07.01.2022 As Tasmania's state parliament returns to sit for a day, read the back story of how it was suspended in the first place. https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//inside-story-how-covid-/

07.01.2022 #Tasmania is the only state in Australia without campaign donations disclosure for local government. Early this year the Tasmanian Government pledged to release a bill for public comment and introduce legislation overhauling council elections and requiring donations disclosure. Now the government says the legislation has been delayed until late 2021, citing #COVID19. Read our latest story (and sign up for more)...

05.01.2022 UTAS MARKETING: 'One of our graduates is running for politics. Great, let’s make a video!' Read the story of how the University of Tasmania featured a political candidate in their promotional video, that repeatedly breached electoral laws over three elections. https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//university-of-tasmania-/

04.01.2022 You may be surprised to learn that #Tasmania remains the only state that does not regulate donations for state or local elections. Under our legislation, candidates in the recent Legislative Council polls could have spent up to $210,000 on their combined campaigns. But no candidate is required to disclose the source of any donations.... Find out more from Tasmanian Inquirer > tasmanianinquirer.com.au//call-for-new-legislative-counci/

04.01.2022 #Tasmania: how do we recover from #COVID19? Tas Premier: meet PESRAC, the 'Premier's Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council' #Tasmania: what does the PESRAC reckon?... Read more at https://tasmanianinquirer.com.au//secrecy-concerns-over-g/

04.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS: Are we about to see the last edition of Tasmanian Country? Since 1980, the weekly newspaper has been a mainstay of our agricultural community. Owner News Corp Australia has announced the closure of 22 mastheads around Australia, including Tas Country later this week. However, Tasmanian Inquirer can reveal that a local PR firm is making a play for the 40-year-old title. Read on...

04.01.2022 Twelve candidates. Two Legislative Council seats. More than $200,000 that could have been spent. But we have no law in #Tasmania that requires any campaign donations to be disclosed. Read more at tasmanianinquirer.com.au//call-for-new-legislative-council