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The savoury toast of political commentary on the North West Coast of lutriwita/Tasmania #nwtwits #politas #lgtas
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· Jun 5
The state we are in. While Labor would be pinning its hopes on a repeat of the Federal result, Dean Winter is no Albo, and Rockliff definitely nothing like Dutton (despite his potato leanings). 🧵
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Today I presented petitions in the Legislative Council calling on the government to reverse the cuts to government subsidies for TasTAFE Lab Tech and Creative Industries courses.
I join the petition signatories in calling for the Minister to reverse the cuts to government subsidies.
#politas
I join the petition signatories in calling for the Minister to reverse the cuts to government subsidies.
#politas
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Today I presented petitions in the Legislative Council calling on the government to reverse the cuts to government subsidies for TasTAFE Lab Tech and Creative Industries courses.
I join the petition signatories in calling for the Minister to reverse the cuts to government subsidies.
#politas
I join the petition signatories in calling for the Minister to reverse the cuts to government subsidies.
#politas
Can afford a stadium, but not properly pay teachers? Yep, we're screwed #politas educationhq.com/news/heads-a...
‘Heads are in the sand’: Tassie teachers set to strike after ‘insulting’ pay offer
Tasmania’s teachers are poised to take industrial action across the state next week, describing a Government offer of a one-year rollover with a 3 per cent pay rise as ‘insulting’.
educationhq.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Can afford a stadium, but not properly pay teachers? Yep, we're screwed #politas educationhq.com/news/heads-a...
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For a state struggling to educate Tasmanians for the 21st century, swinging fee hikes and course cuts is the last thing we need. Looks like budget cuts in all the wrong places to help pay for the AFL stadium we don’t need and can’t afford. #politas
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For a state struggling to educate Tasmanians for the 21st century, swinging fee hikes and course cuts is the last thing we need. Looks like budget cuts in all the wrong places to help pay for the AFL stadium we don’t need and can’t afford. #politas
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Not just fashion but Screen and Media just as Tasmania was starting to take off as a place for TV production with recent filming of new series. It's all part of government cost cutting to ensure there are dollars for the stadium. These arts and science courses will disappear altogether. #politas
Under planned government cuts to vocational training in Tasmania, young aspiring creatives are worried about a loss of opportunity in their home state.
Industry fears for the future of Tasmanian fashion creatives
Under planned government cuts to vocational training in Tasmania, young aspiring creatives are worried about a loss of opportunity in their home state.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not just fashion but Screen and Media just as Tasmania was starting to take off as a place for TV production with recent filming of new series. It's all part of government cost cutting to ensure there are dollars for the stadium. These arts and science courses will disappear altogether. #politas
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A petition to save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania. chng.it/rm5zKmX7RX #politas #auspol
Sign the Petition
Save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania
chng.it
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A petition to save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania. chng.it/rm5zKmX7RX #politas #auspol
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Arts students and lab technician students will leave the state to find more affordable courses interstate. There will be nobody to teach so teachers will lose their jobs. So much for keeping youth in the state. #politas
TasTAFE arts courses face 5,000% fee hike as subsidies axed - Pulse Tasmania share.google/6MTxKT742ixh...
Arts students and teachers making their contribution to the Hobart stadium. #politas
Arts students and teachers making their contribution to the Hobart stadium. #politas
TasTAFE arts courses face 5,000% fee hike as subsidies axed
The government says TasTAFE must focus on ‘key vocational skills’…
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October 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Arts students and lab technician students will leave the state to find more affordable courses interstate. There will be nobody to teach so teachers will lose their jobs. So much for keeping youth in the state. #politas
This is abhorrent, Wybalenna is a sacred site. Surely it would have to be easy to identify those responsible and hold them to account #politas
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is abhorrent, Wybalenna is a sacred site. Surely it would have to be easy to identify those responsible and hold them to account #politas
Looks like Labor is the right path for continuing irrelevance. Grow up - www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani... #politas
robert downey jr. is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .
ALT: robert downey jr. is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Looks like Labor is the right path for continuing irrelevance. Grow up - www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmani... #politas
If the Liberals and Labor is so opposed to their pay increase (www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...) they could pool the difference between their current salaries and the increase and help pay for the stadium, yes? Based on crude maths Lib/Lab members = 30 * additional $20k after tax = $600k p.a. #politas
Tasmanian MPs to receive $30,000 pay rise after upper house tussle
Tasmanian politicians will receive a 22 per cent pay rise despite the government's attempts to block it, after upper house MPs voted to accept a determination by Tasmania's Industrial Commission.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If the Liberals and Labor is so opposed to their pay increase (www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...) they could pool the difference between their current salaries and the increase and help pay for the stadium, yes? Based on crude maths Lib/Lab members = 30 * additional $20k after tax = $600k p.a. #politas
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
OMG! This is not what I was expecting. Happy to be proved wrong. Question is what happens now? Will the parliament just ignore this? #politas
OMG! This is not what I was expecting. Happy to be proved wrong. Question is what happens now? Will the parliament just ignore this? #politas
Breaking: Hobart stadium shouldn't proceed, planning commission recommends
The proposed Macquarie Point AFL stadium in Hobart should not proceed, a long-awaited assessment from the Tasmanian Planning Commission recommends.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
OMG! This is not what I was expecting. Happy to be proved wrong. Question is what happens now? Will the parliament just ignore this? #politas
OMG! This is not what I was expecting. Happy to be proved wrong. Question is what happens now? Will the parliament just ignore this? #politas
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Preciously silly anti-Hare-Clark op ed in the thief paper today. I've updated my recent article with comments on it kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/09/hare... #politas
September 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Preciously silly anti-Hare-Clark op ed in the thief paper today. I've updated my recent article with comments on it kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/09/hare... #politas
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kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/09/hare...
Hare-Clark! Why Do We Have It? Are There Any Alternative Approaches?
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Hare-Clark! Why Do We Have It? Are There Any Alternative Approaches?
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Hare-Clark! Why Do We Have It? Are There Any Alternative Approaches?
Tasmanian and Australian psephology, opinion poll analysis, election analysis and political commentary by Dr Kevin Bonham.
kevinbonham.blogspot.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/09/hare...
Hare-Clark! Why Do We Have It? Are There Any Alternative Approaches?
#politas
Hare-Clark! Why Do We Have It? Are There Any Alternative Approaches?
#politas
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Giving voice to the voiceless. Hobart, Tasmania. #freepalestine #politas
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Giving voice to the voiceless. Hobart, Tasmania. #freepalestine #politas
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kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/08/emrs... #EMRS: What Doesn't Kill Rockliff Just Makes Him Stronger #politas
EMRS: What Doesn't Kill Rockliff Just Makes Him Stronger
Tasmanian and Australian psephology, opinion poll analysis, election analysis and political commentary by Dr Kevin Bonham.
kevinbonham.blogspot.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/08/emrs... #EMRS: What Doesn't Kill Rockliff Just Makes Him Stronger #politas
I am very distressed to report that the Big Spud at Sassafrass appears to have closed. Fortunately, it seems Kenny the Kennebec is safe for now - still proudly prodded on display #politas
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I am very distressed to report that the Big Spud at Sassafrass appears to have closed. Fortunately, it seems Kenny the Kennebec is safe for now - still proudly prodded on display #politas
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Whole lotta shaking going on for Palestine
We march to the sound of drums
🥁🪘chic-a boom boom🥁🪘
#FreeGaza #hobart #lutruwita #politas #auspol #tasmania #HumanRights #Israel #StoptheGenocide #Ceasefire #FreePalestine #nipaluna #MarchForPalestine
We march to the sound of drums
🥁🪘chic-a boom boom🥁🪘
#FreeGaza #hobart #lutruwita #politas #auspol #tasmania #HumanRights #Israel #StoptheGenocide #Ceasefire #FreePalestine #nipaluna #MarchForPalestine
August 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Whole lotta shaking going on for Palestine
We march to the sound of drums
🥁🪘chic-a boom boom🥁🪘
#FreeGaza #hobart #lutruwita #politas #auspol #tasmania #HumanRights #Israel #StoptheGenocide #Ceasefire #FreePalestine #nipaluna #MarchForPalestine
We march to the sound of drums
🥁🪘chic-a boom boom🥁🪘
#FreeGaza #hobart #lutruwita #politas #auspol #tasmania #HumanRights #Israel #StoptheGenocide #Ceasefire #FreePalestine #nipaluna #MarchForPalestine
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From Winter’s comments today you could be forgiven for thinking that the only real “value” Tas Labor has is enabling dying or poorly run industries. Chanting “jobs jobs jobs” no matter the circumstances is not leadership, it’s just… stupid. And the electorate isn’t buying it any more. #politas
August 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
From Winter’s comments today you could be forgiven for thinking that the only real “value” Tas Labor has is enabling dying or poorly run industries. Chanting “jobs jobs jobs” no matter the circumstances is not leadership, it’s just… stupid. And the electorate isn’t buying it any more. #politas
Labor’s statement continues to display the petulant child behaviour we’ve now come to expect. Grow up. Your losing even more progressives and certainly not winning anyone over with this kind of nonsense #politas
Oooh, "progressive policies" that won't occur. I thought the line was the crossbench didn't need to negotiate policy now and only needed to negotiate process because wins would flow inevitably on the floor of the "progressive parliament"?
#politas
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Labor media release issued late afternoon Aug 18 following the statements of the Greens & Kristie Johnston #politas
August 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Labor’s statement continues to display the petulant child behaviour we’ve now come to expect. Grow up. Your losing even more progressives and certainly not winning anyone over with this kind of nonsense #politas
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Some people already starting to refer to a "Liberal/Green coalition" on account of the Greens stating they will not support Labor's proposed motion.
To put it mildly this is incorrect.
I'll put it less mildly if it persists beyond the next few days.
#politas
To put it mildly this is incorrect.
I'll put it less mildly if it persists beyond the next few days.
#politas
August 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Some people already starting to refer to a "Liberal/Green coalition" on account of the Greens stating they will not support Labor's proposed motion.
To put it mildly this is incorrect.
I'll put it less mildly if it persists beyond the next few days.
#politas
To put it mildly this is incorrect.
I'll put it less mildly if it persists beyond the next few days.
#politas