Fiona Carnes

  • Contemporary dance highlights escapist myth

    Contemporary dance highlights escapist myth By Fiona Carnes and Kevin L'Huillier HOBART — Tasmania was treated to a contemporary dance double bill between May 7 and 10 in the Peacock Theatre. Looking for Flowers opened the show by

  • Funding cuts likely for ABC

    Despite its pre-election promise to maintain existing ABC funding and retain triennial funding, the Coalition government is threatening major cuts to the ABC's funds. Friends of the ABC are concerned that the cuts will mean that

  • Tasmanian Forest Alliance formed

    HOBART — More than 50 forest activists held a meeting here on March 21 to launch the campaign to save the remaining south-west Tasmanian wilderness from woodchipping. Tasmanian Greens' parliamentarian Peg Putt and Geoff Law

  • Greens hold balance in Tasmania

    HOBART — Almost four weeks after the state election, the make-up of Tasmania's parliament is finally confirmed: Liberals 16 seats, Labor 14, the Greens four and independent one (Liberal Party breakaway Bruce Goodluck). This