Peter George
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
MP-elect for State seat of Franklin, Tasmania. Former ABC foreign correspondent, Four Corners reporter, RN presenter.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
Wow! Talk about a sobering experience - a briefing by Treasury officials to cross benchers shows how the debt burden is eating up our future.
They’re warning it’s “mathematically impossible to grow our way out of debt” because we’re borrowing as if using a credit card to pay for both the mortgage1/2
They’re warning it’s “mathematically impossible to grow our way out of debt” because we’re borrowing as if using a credit card to pay for both the mortgage1/2
August 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wow! Talk about a sobering experience - a briefing by Treasury officials to cross benchers shows how the debt burden is eating up our future.
They’re warning it’s “mathematically impossible to grow our way out of debt” because we’re borrowing as if using a credit card to pay for both the mortgage1/2
They’re warning it’s “mathematically impossible to grow our way out of debt” because we’re borrowing as if using a credit card to pay for both the mortgage1/2
I might be dreaming but what about respected independent MLC, Ruth Forrest, for the next state Treasurer to start budget repair? I caught up with her in Launceston today to hear her views about dealing with escalating debt. Across party lines, Ruth’s widely viewed as one of our most able MPs.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I might be dreaming but what about respected independent MLC, Ruth Forrest, for the next state Treasurer to start budget repair? I caught up with her in Launceston today to hear her views about dealing with escalating debt. Across party lines, Ruth’s widely viewed as one of our most able MPs.
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Daily dispatch: there’s been a positive response to the efforts of independents Kristie Johnston, Craig Garland & me on our decision to take a slow & careful route towards a stable minority government for the next four years. Craig & I met Opposition leader Dean Winter today. 1/2
July 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Daily dispatch: there’s been a positive response to the efforts of independents Kristie Johnston, Craig Garland & me on our decision to take a slow & careful route towards a stable minority government for the next four years. Craig & I met Opposition leader Dean Winter today. 1/2