The ISC is delighted to announce its 2016 PhD Writing Up Fellowship recipients: Kathleen Flanagan Silvana Fumega Meg Good Robyn Greaves Christine Materia This scheme was established to provide financial support to UTAS PhD students to assist them in publishing from their research. Successful applicants are awarded $4,000 to enable them to work intensively to […]

PUBLIC LECTURE ‘Greening Communication: Ecological Power of Communication, Culture, and Tourism’ Presented by Associate Professor Tema Milstein, University of New Mexico Thursday 9 June, 6.00pm to 7.00pm (refreshments from 5.30pm) Centenary Lecture Theatre, Centenary Building, Sandy Bay Campus Join us for a free public lecture on Thursday 9 June when we welcome visiting scholar Associate […]

By Carol Raabus Do you buy environmentally friendly products? If not, what stops you? Research at the University of Tasmania is looking into why many people say they want to buy environmental products but do not follow through. Associate Professor Martin Grimmer from the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics said his main interest was […]

By Martin Grimmer and Dennis Grube DON’T think of an elephant – that’s the exhortation with which American linguist George Lakoff begins his classes each year. Lakoff knows the first thing his students will do in response is to think of an elephant. The lesson is that in politics, as in life, words come preloaded. […]

The photographs from our Federal Budget Panel Event held on Tuesday 10 May are now available to view on our Facebook page. Thanks to Al Betts, our photographer and to Peter Cochrane from the University of Tasmania’s Media Office.  

By ISC Affiliated Researcher Dr Anthony Page, History and Classics, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania To all the conservatives who decry debt and taxes and laud “mother England”, you might be surprised to hear that it was big spending that kept the French at bay all those years ago and allowed the Brits to […]

Essay: A Sober, Responsible Budget, but Negative Gearing a Blind Spot Scott Morrison is very keen for his first budget to be viewed as “not just another budget” – to the point of saying so not once, but twice, in the first three lines of his budget speech. Rather, it’s a “plan” – a word […]

By Richard Eccleston THE Clayton’s election campaign is hotting up and Prime Minister Turnbull is under mounting pressure to prove his leadership and policy credentials. Given this context last night’s Budget is much more important than most. It will set the agenda for the coming campaign and will inevitably shape the outcome of what promises […]

By Louise Grimmer TASMANIAN retailers are Budget winners. While the Government remains resolutely optimistic about the transition from the mining boom to a diversity-led economy, the takeaway from last night’s Budget for Tasmanian retailers should be one of cautious optimism. Despite the Treasurer’s assertion that he does not support a Budget “winner and loser” mentality, […]