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The devilish problem of Tasmania

Trace the rot in the island state to Canberra’s interventionism in the early 1980s

22 March 2014

9:00 AM

22 March 2014

9:00 AM

Now that the state election is over, and Tasmania has rid itself of 16 years of Labor governments, including a spell of genetically modified Labor-Greens togetherness, we will now be able to see what a Liberal administration can do. The task will be daunting, however you cut it.

Many commentators before the election pointed out what a basket case Tasmania is.

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James Allan is a professor of law at the University of Queensland

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