Ten local entrepreneurs made their “pitch” for support at the Hotel Tasmania last night – watched by an energetic audience of business people, supporters and investors. I enjoyed it and the whole exercise was a great reminder of the depth of talent in our city, our traditional self-reliance and famous initiative to get things done [...]
Tasmania and the Global Financial Crisis
The amazing thing about the so-called Global Financial Crisis for us Tasmanians is that many people are saying to me, “what crisis?” Now that a full year of scary predictions has passed, many people who are 1) on welfare payments 2) employed by the public service or 3) wage-earners in relatively stable industries feel that [...]
