Author Archives: Peter Boyer

Why the State of the Environment report matters

It was possible to feel sorry for Jeremy Rockliff last week as he sought to bat away an insistent Greens leader, Rosalie Woodruff, wanting to know if he had “actually read” Tasmania’s 2024 State of the Environment (SoE) report.  “There … Continue reading

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Confronting the chaos of Donald Trump

American democracy has survived slavery, the Civil War and political skulduggery thanks to an ingenious arrangement of checks and balances – and plenty of goodwill. Then along came the 45th president. Donald Trump has dominated the affairs of his nation … Continue reading

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Politics and the precautionary principle

Labor’s Dean Winter has worked hard to build his brand as an alternative premier, positioning his party at a distance removed from the Rockliff Liberal government on matters of the moment.  But on at least one issue he and Jeremy … Continue reading

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