Planning needed for a Tasmanian renaissance

By ANDREW SCOBIE*
OUR future way of life will stand on the hard work of Tasmanians revealing the value of this island’s unique attributes.  Tasmania’s future could be secure and happy, and deeply rooted in a major contribution to the world and its future.  With a falling participatory workforce, that future must be secured by significantly [...]

Demographic time bomb

By RICHARD DOWLING *
TASMANIA is facing an economic time bomb and urgent decisions are required if the State is to avoid burdening future generations with unsustainable costs, unmanageable debt and lower standards of living.

The impact of Tasmania’s rapidly ageing population combined with the rising cost of government services is simply unsustainable.  On current conservative projections [...]