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The Institute for the Study of Social Change supports the restoration of the Tasmanian House of Assembly to 35 members, but argues it should be the first in a wider program of governance reforms. This is focus of a submission on the House of Assembly Restoration Bill 2019 by our Director Professor Richard Eccleston and fellow researcher Zoë Jay. The submission outlines […]

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change Director Professor Richard Eccleston first appeared in the Mercury on Thursday 21 March. STATE Parliament got off to a belated start on Tuesday, with the Premier delivering the annual State of the State address. As expected, the speech summarised the Tasmanian Government’s key achievements […]

This opinion piece by Institute for the Study of Social Change Research Fellow Dr Lisa Denny, first appeared in the Mercury newspaper on Monday 18 March. Tasmania is touted the ideal place to live, work, study and invest. While Tasmania’s economic performance is relatively strong and a growing number of migrants from interstate and beyond […]