How to protect your garden and live in harmony with possums
Possums are highly polarising animals, with people either describing them as cute backyard visitors or noisy home invaders…
One Nation Migration Policy: Pauline Hanson proposes 750k border cut
One Nation has unveiled a shock plan to “reset” Australia’s net overseas migration levels to zero by slashing…
Vitafoods Asia 2026 show floor preview: Exhibitors H-P
In this preview – part two of three – find out some of the innovations that you can…
Is the ‘Tassie trade-off’ of lower pay still a good deal as cost-of-living bites?
Tasmania’s lifestyle is generally slower and quieter compared with other Australian states. For most people, there are no…
JPMorgan: Ageing population and deficits two drivers of higher interest rates
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt.…
Victorian Labor government mismanagement has ‘exaggerated’ the state’s economic troubles as it pushes unemployment rate up
Victoria has dragged the nation’s economy down as the Andrews and Allan governments have “exaggerated” troubles that have…
Temporary ban to protect Whyalla’s ‘significantly low’ cuttlefish numbers
A temporary ban on in-water recreational activities begins in South Australia’s Upper Spencer Gulf tomorrow in a bid…
Successful cat trapping effort leads to spike in Tasmanian devil population
When farmer Greg Squires noticed feral cats darting across his sheep paddocks during the day, he knew he…
People aren’t moving to Tasmania anymore, and that has implications for the economy
Between 2016 and 2021, Tasmania was the place to be, or move to. Almost 50,000 people were added…
Australian businessman Dick Smith rails against ‘relentless level of immigration’ as Australia’s population surpasses 28 million
Australian businessman Dick Smith has lamented the “relentless level of immigration” which has driven the country’s population to…
Welcome to Robinvale, the town where people are not counted
In a community like no other, what happens when people aren’t counted? On one side of a stainless-steel…
Labor upgrades net migration numbers by 55,000 in federal budget
Net overseas migration over this year and the next has been upgraded by 55,000, prompting a renewed call…