(Version 2 – This is an updated version of a post I published on 8 August 2023. I have updated the earlier post to include…
Tasmanians would bear cost of UTAS folly – $4 billion plus at stake
[NB: I published a second version of this post on 19 August 2023 to include indexation for UTAS’ cost estimate for Sandy Bay redevelopment for…
Treasurer says Commonwealth would bail out UTAS – Ferguson flounders in LegCo
Treasurer Ferguson at LegCo On 6 July 2023, the Tasmanian Treasurer, Michael Ferguson, appeared before the Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into the Provisions of…
UTAS’ proposed CBD relocation would lead to financial disaster – stop the move now!
Pictured below – the world class Sandy Bay campus site, 2.7 kilometres from the centre of Hobart. (Note: Since I wrote this post,…
UTAS CBD move and Green Bond mess threaten Tasmania’s finances
Why UTAS’ $350 million Green Bond debt matters In my next post, I will argue that if UTAS’ proposed CBD move/Sandy Bay redevelopment goes ahead,…
UTAS breaches Right to Information Act – again
1. Key points On 24 February 2022, the Ombudsman made an adverse decision against UTAS in respect of a Right to Information (RTI) application by…
How to stop the UTAS move – the time to act is now!
Introduction There is only one way to definitively stop UTAS’ relocation of its southern campus from its Sandy Bay site to the Hobart CBD and…
UTAS Green Bond scandal continues – VC Black confirms UTAS broke law borrowing $350 million
In his evidence to a hearing of the Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into the Provisions of the University of Tasmania Act 1992 (LegCo) on…
UTAS refuses to provide financial justification for CBD move
Key Points I urge readers to lobby for release of UTAS’ financial justification for the CBD move, as set out in the bolded text below.…
Green Bombshell – RTI documents indicate UTAS broke own law
(NB: When I refer to UTAS in my writings, I am generally referring only to the senior decision makers in the University rather than the…