This issues paper considers a new approach to the problem of repeat drink driving through the introduction of a specialist, problem-solving court.

In making its proposal, the Redistribution Committee was required to consider enrolment numbers, public suggestions and comments, communities of interest, communication and transport links, geographic or constructed features able to be used as electoral boundaries and the current federal electoral boundaries.

As a regional community, Tasmanians have historically enjoyed higher rates of home ownership than their mainland counterparts. However, as wages continue to stagnate, housing prices start to increase, and the state attracts more investment, the number of Tasmanians owning and occupying their own homes is falling.

The Tasmanian Attorney-General, Vanessa Goodwin, asked the Sentencing Advisory Council to examine and provide a report on sentences imposed by the Tasmanian courts in cases where a person is seriously injured or killed as a result of a motor vehicle crash, and to provide advice on how to address any problems identified. The terms of...

The latest report on the state of Tasmania's water and sewerage has confirmed the need for urgent action. The report shows that: In 2015-16, the number of sewer overflows increased by more than 20 per cent from 164 to 201; The rate of sewer overflows in Tasmania (4.3 per 100 km of sewer main) is...