David Killick

What was hailed as a “one-in-a-generation” review of Tasmania’s local government sector will not lead directly to any amalgamations, any reductions in the number of council bureaucrats, any improvements in services or any cuts to council rates.

Opposition, minor party and independent MPs in state parliament could combine to force improvements to Tasmania’s animal welfare laws if the minority Liberals did not introduce the strong reforms required, Greens MLC Cassy O’Connor says.

Metro services will be “significantly disrupted” by stop work action on Friday, the public transport operator says.

Save UTAS activists have called on University of Tasmania Vice Chancellor Rufus Black to resign from his $1.1m-a-year job as the university walked back its controversial city move plan.

Parking one of the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries in a Scottish port while looking for someone to lease it until a local berth is finished will protect Tasmanian taxpayers from additional costs, Premier Jeremy Rockliff says.

The use of TasNetworks computers to display messages urging staff to accept a pay offer was reminiscent of George Orwell’s book 1984, independent MP David O’Byrne says.

A new smart ticketing system promised by former Premier Will Hodgman before the 2018 state election is “a step closer” and could be delivered within 12 months or so, Transport Minister Eric Abetz says.

A series of deficit budgets will more than double Tasmania’s government debt to a record $8.5bn by 2027-28, Treasurer Michael Ferguson has revealed

Clarence Mayor Brendan Blomeley has demanded parliament give him the right of reply to claims by a Greens MLC that he was the subject of claims of intimidation, bullying and sexual harassment from women in the Liberal Party.

The government is determined to press ahead with the proposed Macquarie Point AFL stadium to boost the economy despite a massive deterioration in the state’s financial position, Liberal minister Felix Ellis said on Friday.