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Donations undisclosed. Voters to be kept in dark on council candidate funding.
Despite a pledge from the state Liberals to reform campaign finance laws, council candidates won’t have to disclose political donations ahead of this year’s local
How would we know cutting councillors is a good idea? The public has never been consulted
The public has never been consulted on the draft legislation that will remove 50 councillors from Tasmanian councils.
PMAT & TCT Joint Media Release: Countdown to weakening of Tasmania’s democracy – TODAY
The legislation to remove 50 local government councillors has not been released for the community, the voters, to comment on. The government has misled the
Candidates Survey: What the 2026 Upper House candidates told PMAT about their voting intentions
An election is being held on 02 May 2026 for House of Assembly seats in Huon and Rosevears. As part of our election work, PMAT
Thank you + PMAT Wrap up 2025
As we wrap up 2025, we want to say a heartfelt thank you 💛 This year has been huge, and none of our wins would
Mercury Opinion Piece: Squeezing Out Our Character
“Development in our public wild places is now possible with Reserve Activity Assessments, an internal government process for assessing tourism porposals. Many permitted uses can
Joint Media Release: Tasmanian Government fails to act on protecting National Parks & Reserves from Major Developments
Our organisations do support legislation to make the RAA process a statutory process to address a range of existing problems we have been raising for
The Mercury: Cloud Hanging Over Protection Of Our Coasts
“Developers and the community
will face a peacemeal system with
no consistency from one municipality
to the next.”
The Mercury: Sun, Sea and Scepticism
“At a time where we should be thinking more about how and where we build, this will most likely increase the risk to buildings in
2025 State Election Survey Results
A Tasmanian State election is being held on 19 July 2025 for all House of Assembly seats. Of the 161 candidates announced by the Tasmanian
DAP Survey Results: Legislative Election Candidates Position on DAPs 2025
Legislative Council (Upper House of Tasmanian Parliament) elections are being held on 24 May 2025 in the seats of Montgomery, Nelson and Pembroke. All 13
PMAT Media Release: The Tasmanian Government’s renewed push for DAPs is another demonstration they don’t care about the community
The Tasmanian Government’s renewed push for DAPs is another demonstration they don’t care about the community or Local Government,” says Ms Underwood, “In 2024, we
The Mercury: Some Disturbing Developments for Democracy
“Underpinning the DAP [Development Assessment Panel] proposal and the curtailment of appeal rights is the undermining of democracy. And there is also the fact that
The Mercury: DAPs ‘undemocratic’
Planning legislation critics say new bill is very similar to last year’s failed attempt. Written by David Killick in The Mercury 01/03/2025.
The Mercury: Instead of Parties Taking a Sledgehammer to Local Democracy to Crack a Walnut, Seek Reform Solutions
A DAP proposal represents a very elitist view that would fundamentally undermine our councils, writes Professor David Adams.
Media Release: Proposed planning laws are anti-democracy, anti-transparency and will be catastrophic for ordinary Tasmanians
“The Government has brought back this highly contentious Bill, despite 92% of the almost 500 submissions received on the first version of the anti-democratic Bill
Media Release: Latest attack on our planning appeal rights is anti-democratic & removes the community’s voice
The major changes to planning appeal rights announced on 7 February 2025 by Minister for Planning, Felix Ellis, will impact every single Tasmanian by taking
Mercury Article: Planning For A Fight Ahead
“The state government has promised further reforms to our planning system, this time to curtail the right of third parties to appeal council decisions to
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