It starts…watch every bussiness lobby group now roll out their ‘research’ on the need to lower red tape and taxes. What’s missing from this article is the fact new suburbs have to be connected to services, taxes help ensure they are not waste lands with no schools, transport of service hubs #politas

Last year they tried to reduce staffing to the Monitoring and Comliance Unit, this year they are out their doing photos ops #politas

What a dud deal. This would pay for three rangers in PWS, instead we are paying for a profitable companies marketing. Corporate welfare #politas

Australia at the forefront of extinction, not a race you want to win. And Rockliff government cutting the agency tasked with slowing this, NRET #changenotcuts #politas

Are Parks are under pressure for all the right reasons, people want to go see our wild places. But the efficiency dividend must be lifted, so they can protect and manage the very places people want to visit #parks #tourism #tassie #protect #changenotcuts

Hear hear we must position Parks as the primary resource for hiking information. Otherwise we will see the instagram effect lead inexperienced walkers into dangerous places. Our parks are so central to our tourist experience yet we fail to adequately invest in them.

Multipartite discussions in action. If we are going to find the solution to workforce shortages and building the workforce of the future we need to delve into the what and the why #JSC #politas #auspol

The news on jobs is both good and bad. Interesting stats - if your industry is not gender balanced more likely to experience skills shortages #auspol #politas

Christmas has begun. Yesterday’s Unions Tas pageant, had to threaten the kids with coal to get them to go #Christmas #Tasmania #union

The #privatisation playbook includes 1) underfunding services to erode community support 2) fund rising demand in the not-for-profit sector 3) over time start funding the for-profit providers. This privatisation by stealth allows governments to avoid any community consultation #politas

Keen to get into this #book, as #language is such an important part of social change. Words matter. But as a #dyslexic I got views about the need for flexibility.