Alex Bainbridge

  • Unions Tasmania opposes unilateral US war

    HOBART — The Unions Tasmania Council, the peak union body in the state, issued a statement from its meeting on February 13 opposing a unilateral US war on Iraq. However, the statement supports UN calls on Iraq to "surrender

  • Wharf protest first of many

    HOBART — The state Labor government has ignored the January 1 deadline — imposed on it by the Tasmania Together consultation process — for ending clear-felling in some forests classified as "high conservation value". Many

  • Cygnet Folk Festival supports refugees

    CYGNET — The Cygnet Folk Festival — held in Tasmania on January 10-12 — has become “one of the most progressive festivals in Australia today” according to one of the festival organisers, Geoff Francis. Notable progressive

  • Gay law reform: 'a big investment for a big return'

    Gay rights activist Rodney Croome believes that the Tasmanian government's proposed changes to relationships laws will give Tasmania one of the best set of lesbian and gay human rights laws in the world. As evidence of this,

  • Christmas parade floats cause a stir

    HOBART — Two floats in the November 30 Launceston Christmas parade have sparked a string of letters in the Examiner, the town's daily tabloid. The Peace on Earth float was entered by a coalition of No War on Iraq,

  • Tasmania to get 'best gay and lesbian laws in the world'

    HOBART — The Tasmanian Labor government announced plans in early November to allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children and to register their relationships (although not marriages) with the Office of Births, Deaths and

  • Qantas censors forest billboard

    HOBART — Environmentalists paid $20,000 for an airport advertising campaign that was terminated in less than 24 hours amid allegations of political censorship. On November 1, the Wilderness Society, supported by

  • Thousands oppose war on Iraq

    HOBART — In the largest of several anti-war protests held around the country, 2000 people marched through the Tasmanian state capital on November 2. Green triangles, Socialist Alliance “No war on Iraq” placards, union

  • 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