Alex Bainbridge

  • Students vote for refugees in low key elections

    HOBART — Office-bearer positions in the September 10-13 elections for the Tasmania University Union (TUU) were predominantly won by a ticket called SHAG. A referendum to declare the campus a refugee safe haven won two

  • Young feminist to stand for women's officer position

    HOBART &#151 Feminist activist Anthea Stutter is running for the position of Tasmania University Union women's officer on a Resistance ticket. Elections are being held September 10-14. Stutter helped organise International

  • Basslink: a 'waste of public money'

    Basslink is a proposed under-sea cable linking the Tasmanian and Victorian electricity grids. The Tasmanian government is a strong proponent of the Basslink project and has officially approved it, while the Victorian and federal

  • Greens election success causes stir

    HOBART — The Greens’ success in the July 20 Tasmanian elections — in which they won four seats — has been warmly received in the lunchrooms of many workplaces. By contrast the establishment is not comfortable with the

  • Increased vote for Greens a sign of hope

    HOBART — The record vote for the Greens in the July 20 Tasmanian election indicates there has been a swing to the left in the electoral arena. At the close of counting on July 20, the Greens had won four lower-house seats. The

  • Socialist Alliance pledges a better Tasmania for workers

    HOBART — After looking at the Socialist Alliance's priority pledges for the July 20 Tasmanian elections, several of my workmates made comments such as "that would be nice if it were possible, but you could never fund promises

  • Commission puts conditions on Southwood

    HOBART &#151 The controversial Southwood woodchip mill proposal was approved by Tasmania's Resource Planning and Development Commission on July 3. Despite onerous conditions imposed by the commission, Labor Premier Jim Bacon's

  • Nurses launch work-to-rule campaign

    HOBART — Public sector nurses are maintaining a work-to-rule campaign to win safer staffing levels in hospitals. Nurses are refusing to do unreasonable overtime and are making sure that meal breaks are claimed. They are also

  • Commission considers woodchip mill

    HOBART — The Resource, Planning and Development Commission hearing into the proposed Southwood woodchip mill and wood-fired power station ended on May 14 — two weeks after what was meant to be a three-day hearing began.

  • Labor backs Forestry Tasmania

    HOBART — The May 1 blockade of the Forestry Tasmania building coincides with the beginning of the Resource, Planning and Development Commission (RPDC) hearing to consider an appeal against the development proposal for the

  • Union delegates meet

    HOBART — Unions Tasmania organised the inaugural cross-union delegates' conference, attended by 215 people on April 19. A large majority of the participants were workplace delegates rather than union officials or organisers.