Tasmania faces a choice: grow smart or risk decline. Without urgent action on housing and strategic migration, the island risks getting bigger — but not better.

Tasmania faces a choice: grow smart or risk decline. Without urgent action on housing and strategic migration, the island risks getting bigger — but not better.
Imagine if Premier Jeremy Rockcliff addressed the CommSec report on Tasmania’s economic outlook with candid honesty?
Every time Canberra promises Tasmania money, remember this: it’s usually our own GST, gift-wrapped like it came from somewhere special. It’s not a bonus — it’s the bare minimum we’re owed to keep up with the rest of the country.
Housing proposals by the major two parties: the market can’t fix what the market broke.
The Gunn’s Plain pulp mill did for former Premier Paul Lennon. Is Jeremey Rockliff going to make the same mistake?
This story from the future serves as a cautionary tale about unchecked ambition and a white elephant of a Hobart stadium.
The A-Z of this year’s Federal Election.
Tasmania: where it costs more and we’re poorer.
Being told what we want, even if we don’t want it.
While Labor’s election friendly 2025 budget offers tax cuts and increased spending, it feels like an election-time indulgence.