A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project.

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

The debate over the proposed Macquarie Point stadium has reached a critical juncture, moving from economic scrutiny to a battle over intangibles and aspirational claims. This is Part One of a two-part...

Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins.

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This article, contributed by John Devereaux, offers a critical perspective on the proposed Marinus Link project, challenging the prevailing governmental narrative that it is “good for Tasmania, good f...

Recent programs have confirmed ABC News is increasingly under the control of pro-Coalition activists.

Economic Puff Piece – Stadium Costs are Clearly Understated In response to an opinion piece in the Mercury from the Coordinator General Our Place Hobart  has submitted two articles to Tasmanian Times ...

A way of understanding a location through a lens of loss. Among the elected representatives in whose hands the fate of the Macquarie Point Stadium rests, few would remember the David and Goliath battl...

The government is juicing demand to make houses more expensive for Australians while providing good public housing for … Americans

There are few things in this world more insufferable than a rich person trying to force their shitty ideas on everyone else. And in 2025, there are very few things that feel more forced than “Generati...

The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...

History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us As world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 – the first Amazonian Cop – it’s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively tracking to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Despite 30 years of UN climate summits, about half of the carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution has been emitted since 1990. Incidentally, 1990 was the year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the global authority on climate change science – released its First Assessment Report confirming the threat of human-caused global warming. As scientists all over the world prepare the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, we do so knowing that our work is still being overshadowed by politics. Despite all the well-intentioned half-measures, the truth is that the world is still disastrously off track to limit dangerous climate change. Dr Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer from the University of Melbourne. She served as a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report Continue reading...

Opinion A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them Richard Flanagan, 29 October 2025 — article courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald For decades the dream of a Tasmanian team was...

In the last eight days, the Rockliff Government’s credibility came under sustained attack following two documented instances of broken promises. First, the government promised crossbench consultation ...

A Fortescue executive has called for a major overhaul of Australia’s $11 billion fuel tax credit scheme, arguing it undermines the nation’s climate goals by making diesel “artificially cheap”.

A once in a generation vision for Hobart’s last remaining waterfront and urban development site will be realised, under a partnership between the Australian and Tasmanian Governments. A Federal Government investment of $240 million under the 2023-24 Budget, will help unlock the potential of the Macquarie Point precinct, cementing the site as the next step in building a more vibrant Hobart.

The 22 October Public Accounts Committee hearing into Coordinator-General John Perry’s controversial stadium opinion piece has raised serious questions about the independence of his analysis and the u...