Tasmania’s current financial strategy is akin to giving your kids an unlimited credit card; the inevitable outcome is excessive spending, maxed-out limits, and an expectation of rescue when the bill arrives. And probably some questionable purchases.
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Broken promise: UCCS don’t deliver
The Tasmanian Premier announced a plan to slash red tape, reduce government spending, and eliminate ineffective programs.
NAPLAN: What’s the real point?
Tasmania’s Future: Bound to Australia or something new?
What did Tasmania Together set out to do, why did it fail and what can be learned?
Jeremy Rockliff has been criticised for his secrecy – his administration often been described as “the most secretive in Australia”.
It’s tempting to imagine King Island as Tasmania’s answer to paradise: wide-open beaches, dramatic cliffs, amazing golf links and the purest sea breezes money can’t buy—unless you’re one of the wealthy few who can.
Local councils are meant to be the level of government closest to the people by delivering essential services and keeping communities running. But in Tasmania, they’ve become a political reality show, full of feuding personalities, conspiracy theories, lawsuits, and, incredibly, talk of naming buildings after Donald Trump.
Festivals dying: What’s next?
