Peter George
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
MP-elect for State seat of Franklin, Tasmania. Former ABC foreign correspondent, Four Corners reporter, RN presenter.
A great start to rebooting Voices of Franklin on Thursday at Robbie Brown’s, Kingston Beach. The focus? Making Franklin ever more Independent in state & federal elections. Thank you, to everyone who gathered to hear about the growing Independent movement
www.voicesoffranklin.org/home
www.voicesoffranklin.org/home
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A great start to rebooting Voices of Franklin on Thursday at Robbie Brown’s, Kingston Beach. The focus? Making Franklin ever more Independent in state & federal elections. Thank you, to everyone who gathered to hear about the growing Independent movement
www.voicesoffranklin.org/home
www.voicesoffranklin.org/home
No team without the Macquarie Point stadium? That mantra just doesn’t hold true when you strip it down. Here’s a discussion with author and journalist, Richard Flanagan, on why it’s perfectly reasonable to say “Yes Team, No Stadium” - Pt1/2
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
No team without the Macquarie Point stadium? That mantra just doesn’t hold true when you strip it down. Here’s a discussion with author and journalist, Richard Flanagan, on why it’s perfectly reasonable to say “Yes Team, No Stadium” - Pt1/2
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
More spin than a laundrette is my quick takeaway from the government’s lazy response to the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s deep analysis of the Macquarie Point Stadium proposal. Frankly, it reads like a consultant’s report created using ChatGPT that wouldn’t convince even the most avid 1/2
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
More spin than a laundrette is my quick takeaway from the government’s lazy response to the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s deep analysis of the Macquarie Point Stadium proposal. Frankly, it reads like a consultant’s report created using ChatGPT that wouldn’t convince even the most avid 1/2
@senatorpennywong must act.
October 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
@senatorpennywong must act.
Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours.
The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3
The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours.
The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3
The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3
Thanks to Save Our Marine Environment and Environment Tasmania for the honour of speaking before the Franklin Palais showing of the magnificent film, Ocean with David Attenborough, to a full house on Saturday evening.
October 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thanks to Save Our Marine Environment and Environment Tasmania for the honour of speaking before the Franklin Palais showing of the magnificent film, Ocean with David Attenborough, to a full house on Saturday evening.
It’s been a long time coming but at last some movement on making Tasmania’s government and its decision making more transparent and accountable. Last week we saw the report on our Right to Information and it was pretty damning. Its recommendations for change will be hard for the government to resist
September 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s been a long time coming but at last some movement on making Tasmania’s government and its decision making more transparent and accountable. Last week we saw the report on our Right to Information and it was pretty damning. Its recommendations for change will be hard for the government to resist
The Tasmanian planning commission has come out with a very clear verdict on the Macquarie point Stadium. It’s not in the right place, it doesn’t come at the right cost and it will be an imposition on future generations as the costs of running the place mount. 1/2
September 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Tasmanian planning commission has come out with a very clear verdict on the Macquarie point Stadium. It’s not in the right place, it doesn’t come at the right cost and it will be an imposition on future generations as the costs of running the place mount. 1/2
A mea culpa today, I’m sorry to say.
But if you set out to be transparent as an MP, you have to admit your failings while claiming your successes.
But if you set out to be transparent as an MP, you have to admit your failings while claiming your successes.
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A mea culpa today, I’m sorry to say.
But if you set out to be transparent as an MP, you have to admit your failings while claiming your successes.
But if you set out to be transparent as an MP, you have to admit your failings while claiming your successes.
I met with members of the Leslie Vale Community Group tackling real community issues - the dangerous intersection where Leslie Vale Road intersects with the Huon Highway, blasts from the nearby blue metal quarry, foot tracks & a planned mobile phone tower.
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I met with members of the Leslie Vale Community Group tackling real community issues - the dangerous intersection where Leslie Vale Road intersects with the Huon Highway, blasts from the nearby blue metal quarry, foot tracks & a planned mobile phone tower.
Tasmania’s locally owned helicopter rescue service, Rotorlift, has lost its bid for a new $350million 10-year contract to a mainland company.
I met owner, Allana Corbin, a week ago raising issues with the tender process that she felt unfairly discriminated against Rotorlift.
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I met owner, Allana Corbin, a week ago raising issues with the tender process that she felt unfairly discriminated against Rotorlift.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Tasmania’s locally owned helicopter rescue service, Rotorlift, has lost its bid for a new $350million 10-year contract to a mainland company.
I met owner, Allana Corbin, a week ago raising issues with the tender process that she felt unfairly discriminated against Rotorlift.
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I met owner, Allana Corbin, a week ago raising issues with the tender process that she felt unfairly discriminated against Rotorlift.
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What might have been a long day in Parliament with high drama over Labor’s motion for a no confidence motion in Jeremy Rockliff’s Liberals turned out to be something of a damp squib.
You might think that’s a good thing.
Labor lost the motion overwhelmingly when not one member 1/5
You might think that’s a good thing.
Labor lost the motion overwhelmingly when not one member 1/5
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What might have been a long day in Parliament with high drama over Labor’s motion for a no confidence motion in Jeremy Rockliff’s Liberals turned out to be something of a damp squib.
You might think that’s a good thing.
Labor lost the motion overwhelmingly when not one member 1/5
You might think that’s a good thing.
Labor lost the motion overwhelmingly when not one member 1/5
The Liberals are home and hosed.
Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it.
This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.
Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it.
This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Liberals are home and hosed.
Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it.
This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.
Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it.
This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.
Discussion continue with Liberal and Labor party leaders over the policies they’ll pursue if they take the reins of government next week. This evening it was Labor’s Dean Winter talking to the whole cross bench about policy issues of concern. It may seem all very slow and tedious if you’re 1/3
August 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Discussion continue with Liberal and Labor party leaders over the policies they’ll pursue if they take the reins of government next week. This evening it was Labor’s Dean Winter talking to the whole cross bench about policy issues of concern. It may seem all very slow and tedious if you’re 1/3
Is there or isn’t there a farmed salmon disease outbreak in off Roaring Beach at the south of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel? Depends on who you speak to. Last night I got a call from caretaker premier, Jeremy Rockliff about a “serious issue” involving disease in salmon pens and the 1/3
August 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Is there or isn’t there a farmed salmon disease outbreak in off Roaring Beach at the south of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel? Depends on who you speak to. Last night I got a call from caretaker premier, Jeremy Rockliff about a “serious issue” involving disease in salmon pens and the 1/3
Some signs of hope today that the Liberals have grasped the nettle of working as a minority government when caretaker Treasurer, Eric Abetz, convened a meeting with cross benchers to discuss collaboration in getting the state out of the ever increasing budget black hole.
August 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Some signs of hope today that the Liberals have grasped the nettle of working as a minority government when caretaker Treasurer, Eric Abetz, convened a meeting with cross benchers to discuss collaboration in getting the state out of the ever increasing budget black hole.
Regarding minister Murray Watts decision on Macquarie harbour: “Any government with a conscience would have encouraged the transition of the industry out of our waterways by increasing lease fees and imposing a resource rental tax on their turnover.
August 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Regarding minister Murray Watts decision on Macquarie harbour: “Any government with a conscience would have encouraged the transition of the industry out of our waterways by increasing lease fees and imposing a resource rental tax on their turnover.
Some optimistic signs this weekend that both Labor and Liberal parties are getting to grips with the idea of what good minority government looks like.
Amazingly, an idea I floated as a “dream” several weeks ago of appointing the very smart independent MLC, Ruth Forrest 1/3
Amazingly, an idea I floated as a “dream” several weeks ago of appointing the very smart independent MLC, Ruth Forrest 1/3
August 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Some optimistic signs this weekend that both Labor and Liberal parties are getting to grips with the idea of what good minority government looks like.
Amazingly, an idea I floated as a “dream” several weeks ago of appointing the very smart independent MLC, Ruth Forrest 1/3
Amazingly, an idea I floated as a “dream” several weeks ago of appointing the very smart independent MLC, Ruth Forrest 1/3
Hold on to your hats - bumpy road ahead.
With Jeremy Rockliff facing down the next Parliament by daring it to challenge the Liberals’ right to sit on the Treasury benches and Labor’s Dean Winter threatening an immediate no confidence vote in less than two weeks’ time when the new Parliament 1/2
With Jeremy Rockliff facing down the next Parliament by daring it to challenge the Liberals’ right to sit on the Treasury benches and Labor’s Dean Winter threatening an immediate no confidence vote in less than two weeks’ time when the new Parliament 1/2
August 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hold on to your hats - bumpy road ahead.
With Jeremy Rockliff facing down the next Parliament by daring it to challenge the Liberals’ right to sit on the Treasury benches and Labor’s Dean Winter threatening an immediate no confidence vote in less than two weeks’ time when the new Parliament 1/2
With Jeremy Rockliff facing down the next Parliament by daring it to challenge the Liberals’ right to sit on the Treasury benches and Labor’s Dean Winter threatening an immediate no confidence vote in less than two weeks’ time when the new Parliament 1/2
Collaboration across Parliament starts with the Declaration of the Polls in Parliament House, Hobart today. So many thanks to Liberal stalwart & caretaker Treasurer, Guy Barnett, for taking the photo and sending it to me.
August 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Collaboration across Parliament starts with the Declaration of the Polls in Parliament House, Hobart today. So many thanks to Liberal stalwart & caretaker Treasurer, Guy Barnett, for taking the photo and sending it to me.