Jackals converge on Tasmania

“Just when you thought the Northern Territory was the worst regulated jurisdiction in Australia and the perfect base for the online gambling companies, along comes the Tasmanian Government with the…

Jackals feeding on carcass of gambling addicts

Today the Government introduced their long-awaited gambling “reforms”. What it turned out to be was useless legislation which will do almost nothing to prevent gambling advertising and protect vulnerable Australians…

The dodgy Tasmanian Government circus

Just when we thought the Tasmanian Government couldn’t stoop any lower, today they moved to stop MPs from being required to give evidence to the Integrity Commission under oath. In…

A statement on Federal Court ruling in Star Casino Case

It’s welcome news that the Federal Court has handed down penalties to two former executives of Star Entertainment for their breaches of the Corporations Act in relation to a Chinese…

A statement on Nyrstar

Nyrstar Hobart

A statement on the icebreaker fiasco

Read Andrew’s media release in response to Senate Estimates revelations about the Tasmanian Government’s bungled icebreaker refuelling solution below: What is it about red and white ships and the Tasmanian…

Finally a Federal Government is having a crack

It’s heartening to see that a Federal Government is finally having a crack at difficult reform. For too long, Canberra has been deadlocked by policy timidity and a political culture…

Government abandons the public interest deciding instead to kowtow to gambling, media & sport interests

Well it took the Federal Government more than a thousand days to respond to the Murphy gambling report, and all we’ll get from the 31 recommendations is three partially implemented…

A statement on Nyrstar

I was deeply concerned to learn last night that the Government’s support package for Nyrstar is in jeopardy. The Hobart zinc works employs around 500 local workers and supports numerous…