Benjamin Seeder

Sixteen ponies died from lack of ventilation during 2018 sailing.

Homelessness, high cost of living and food insecurity are some of the concerns that the Tasmanian Council of Social Services has called on politicians to commit to solving this election election campaign. TasCOSS chief executive Adrienne Picone said too many of the entrenched problems plaguing the state persist or have worsened, despite efforts by previous governments. “We need all parties and candidates to think big with ambitious policy, grounded in evidence, which address the long-term, struc…

A activist group has released hidden camera footage of a northern Tasmanian slaughterhouse, showing still-conscious pigs being lowered into vats of boiling water and other apparently conscious pigs being killed and left to bleed out on the killing room floor. The Farm Transparency Project said the secret footage taken of operations at Scottsdale Pork shows pigs being hit across the face and body, kicked and crushed with heavy metal doors by workers. Despite being stunned electrically, pigs with…

Video surveillance should be installed in all Tasmanian abattoirs, the independent Lyons MHA John Tucker has said. The demand followed the release of disturbing footage from Tasmanian Quality Meats’ (TQM) abattoir in Cressy that showed animals being slaughtered in a cruel way. The footage released last month by the Farm Transparency Project portrayed animals being killed in what it claimed are examples of “systemic animal abuse” in Tasmanian slaughterhouses. TQM owner Jake Oliver said activist…

Is paying for an extended warranty worth it? Not according to lawyers that have just launched a major class action legal case against JB Hi-Fi. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers claims that the electronics retailer has been selling its customers on “worthless” extended warranties for over ten years. The claim, lodged with the Victorian Supreme Court last week, alleges that JB Hi-Fi’s extended warranties were of little or no value, because customers already had the same rights for free under Australian c…

Metro Tasmania, TasTAFE and the state government have botched training preparations for the $6 million electric bus trial in Launceston, a union has claimed. Mechanics at the state bus company say they will not work on the buses until they have received proper training on high-voltage electrics, raising doubts about the project. The trial was funded in 2021, and the first electric bus is due to arrive in Launceston this month. Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union state organiser Jacob Batt sa…

Tassie CEOs were paid, on average, six times the median wage of ordinary Tasmanians, and a third more...