ABC TassieCast

Once a staple of Tassie's suburbs and towns, real bricks and mortar bank branches are now becoming as rare as cash. What if you're not tech savvy or don't have internet access?

Tassie's wildlife is already under increasing pressure, but are we unknowingly adding to their demise?  Have you bought a poison to get rid of rodents? The problem is it might not just be them you get rid of.

Artificial Intelligence, it's here and it's here to stay. What impact is it having on young people ... is it helping them to learn smarter or risk kids outsourcing their brains?

In just over a week Tassie's parliament returns after an early snap election we could ill-afford, brought on by a no confidence motion. We're sort of back where we were, albeit with a few different faces. 

If minority government is the will of the people do they all need to grow up and make it work.

The proposed Marinus Link between Tasmania and Victoria is the biggest infrastructure project in the state's history. The Liberals have had the business case for the multi-billion undersea cable since before the state election was called ... but didn't share it with anyone. 

While the wheeling and dealing continues over who will ultimately form government after the state election  ... we check out what the prospective governments are offering in the health scope.

If they deliver on their election promises, it does appear likely there will be more GP clinics.

The big industrials employ thousands and contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to our economy each year. 

One of the biggest is Nyrstar,  the century old zinc smelter on the banks of Hobart's River Derwent ...which now says it will close without a government rescue package.

Business and government have good reason to have good relationships, it's a co-dependent relationship - but do we always know who is getting the most out of that relationship?

Tassie's living on the credit card and it's maxxed out,  so what are the pollies proposing to fix it at next month's state election?

We've got a spending problem and a revenue problem and the debt is continuing to mount.

Champagne on ice, rings differently when you're literally talking about bubbles in Antarctica.  The number of tourists heading to the icy continent each year is expected to be about the same as Tassie's population within the decade.