For those who love literature — what a time to be alive.
August is National Poetry Month and last week was Book Week. And if there’s a state that needs to embrace, celebrate, and foster a love of reading, it’s Tasmania.
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To understand the closure of the Glen Dhu Swimming Pool by the Minister for Education is to understand the State Budget and the political cycle.
Because any other reasonable explanation for decommissioning a community asset belonging to Tasmanian public schools does not make sense.
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It has always galled me that Alanis Morrissette's smash hit of the 1990’s, Ironic, contains no examples of irony at all.
“Rain on your wedding day” isn’t great, particularly for the photographer, but unless rain signifies impending divorce, ironic it is not..
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Let me make this clear, Parliament has decided to review education in Tasmania, and they have absolutely no idea the purpose nor what they are supposed to be looking into. If you want an uneducated response, then this is it writ large. It's retrofitted decision-making with the only objective being political expediency.
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It is often said that nicotine addiction remains one of the strongest dependencies. It increases the processing speed between the brain and the body, creating pleasant feelings including relaxation and happiness, which urges you to reach for another tobacco product to maintain the high.
Of the $80.3 billion dollars, "Tobacco related harm was the largest contributor to costs ($35.8 billion, 45%)".
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For the joy that wood heaters bring, asthmatics across the state monitor apps and weather patterns to remain safe.
The worst combination is cold night air and hovering wood smoke, made more harmful when training for sporting events when this potentially deadly combination is at its peak.
Throw in late autumn being the most effective time for fuel reduction burns and matters are made even worse.
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