Announcements & Updates

20/03/22 The Mercury news item 20th March regarding tiny homes in Hobart is heartening and Jeff Briscoe and Louise Elliot must be congratulated for their drive and enthusiasm, however the following serious barriers to success remain: Jeff Briscoe is mistaken if he...

8/2/22 The Mercury article 'Push to plate up deer' (February 8) highlighted two sides of a very important triangle: Restauranteur Eladio Doniz is absolutely correct pointing out the delicious taste attributes and health benefits associated with eating wild caught game...

7/2/22 Whilst I agree with Jess Coughlan (Mercury 7 February) about the degradation of our aquatic eco-system due to aquaculture activity I strongly disagree that the answer is to "move the entire farming system on land". There is no doubt our aquaculture has been...

30/01/22 The Mercury editorial of 29 Jan relating to our extreme housing emergency highlighted three key issues: The conflict of interest the State beaucracy has by accepting the stamp duty associated with inflated house prices and then attempting to deal with the...

18/01/22 Ella Haddad is correct in calling out the 150 successful Granny flat grant applicants a 'drop in the ocean', compared to the thousands of applicants the scheme attracted. The shortfall in uptake of this great initiative from the State Govt is the Local Govt...