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Under the cloak of Covid there are real fears the Morrison government is operating far too secretly, and attempting to push through legislation that has not been through proper processes, or been subjected to the scrutiny it would normally face. With attention focused elsewhere as people worry about their job,…
There’s no denying the world has changed forever this year, and there’s no going back however much some people hope and believe it might. The past is now a different country; we’ve gone through the back of the wardrobe (with apologies to LP Hartley and CS Lewis), to enter a…
This month almost slipped by without a blog post and with hours to go before we click over into July I thought it time to ensure that didn’t happen. It will be brief though as deadlines also beckon rather insistently. The strange year continues and COVID-19 still dominates the news…
So here we are, almost halfway through what is certainly proving to be a strange and challenging year. The pandemic lockdown continues, but chinks in the Covid curtain are appearing with most state governments announcing there will soon be an easing of restrictions, albeit very small ones to begin with.…
It’s been a strange summer alright. And a challenging one. Since writing my last blog post in the middle of what has been a catastrophic bushfire season across much of the mainland, followed by floods in other parts of the country, and now the new and unknown reality of coronavirus…
It's been a strange summer so far as growing and harvesting vegies goes, and I know from speaking with others that we're far from alone in wondering if and when the tomatoes are going to ripen. Ditto the raspberries. We have two varieties of rasps, one is early, the other…
Chooks usually get a bad rap when it comes to intelligence, and I’ll admit they’ve never struck me as being the smartest of birds - although there is evidence to suggest that, like sheep, which also have an unfortunate reputation when it comes to intelligence – chooks are a lot…
For many years my morning dog walks have also included cleaning up the roadside verges of assorted rubbish carelessly tossed out of car windows by locals or visitors driving around the neighbourhood. It started one Clean-Up Australia weekend when, unable to attend the official clean-up in town due to working,…
It was a rather sobering experience to have a twenty-something chap give up his seat for me on the very crowded train to York while visiting family in the UK. While it’s good to know this courtesy still occurs, it was rather challenging to realise I was the intended beneficiary.…
"In an attempt to write a satisfactory testimonial I have been trying and trying to come up with an adequate word to describe Anne. Just one, I tried lots; creative, intelligent (those two don’t always go together), fun, eloquent and obliging. Anne is all of these but the one word that I keep coming back to is professional.
Anne started writing for me in the first edition of Tasmania plus while I was editor. Anne was great at pitching a story idea and her writing style is easy to read. Keep writing Anne. "
Anne started writing for me in the first edition of Tasmania plus while I was editor. Anne was great at pitching a story idea and her writing style is easy to read. Keep writing Anne. "
- Steven French -
- Editor at Tasmania+ -