C.A.Williams

St Kilda supporter
Tasmanian, Whitlam Nostalgic,

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Her Majesty, Tasmanian born and bred showing AFLW potential with iconic Talia Harris kicking style.
No surprise the royals chose to meet with Hawthorn which after all was the home of Peter Hudson another Tassie royal!
Currenty the Hawks play 4 games a year in Launceston

[7NEWS Melbourne @7NewsMelbourne]

Royalty is colliding at the MCG with the king and queen of Denmark joining Hawthorn stars for a footy lesson. The pair spent the day touring the city Queen Mary revealing she used to call Melbourne home. @LauraTurner_7

[Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @JonesHowDareYou]

From a time when @AustralianLabor was capable of showing true Leadership. A time when a prime minister was not beholden to the Israel lobby. When a Labor prime minister was not a genocide-enabling pro-Israel Zionist like @AlboMP. A time long gone but sorely missed. #auspol

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Wind power not good but better than coal gas etc.
Could scientists engineers devise ways to alert birds to the hazard.
Paint the blades with bright stripes ?
Flashing lights, intermitent loud noises ?
Drones that looked like birds of prey ?
Anything to divert the birds ?

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

#BREAKING: Enviro Minister Murray Watt has given the go-ahead for a shockingly anti-environment 100-turbine wind farm on Pilitika / Robbins Island, one of the world's most important migratory bird routes and home to the only disease-free population of Tasmanian Devils. #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

With this oppposition have to ask why @RockcliffTeam has persisted ?
Answer may be revealed if we follow the $$$.
Who benefits ? Property developers,construction industry ?
Footy fans easily fixed without Stadium.
Adopt Hawthorn,ditch Devils,use Bellerive,York Park. #politas

[Councillor Ben Lohberger @BenGlenHuon]

The RSL revealed years ago that their expert found the stadium was too big for the Mac Point site, & a private group of architects made the same claim. Two years and million$ later: “In very simple terms, the stadium is too big for the site”. You can’t argue with physics #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

@Ryan_Posselt @KrisJJohnston You are right !
We have @RockliffTeam going gangbusters to increase tourist numbers, building stadiums, choc fountains chair lifts etc.
Upmarket hotels ok but no plans for AFFORDABLE tourist accomodation.
How many tourists is too many?
#politas

[Councillor Ryan Posselt @Ryan_Posselt]

1,548 homes in Hobart City alone. 8,138 in #politas

“An absurd situation where we have tourists staying in homes and Tasmanians living in caravans” - @KrisJJohnston - Independent Member for Clark

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

@mesoepi @LukeMartin1983 Agreed Tas education levels could be better however the trend is +ve.
Eric Reece Doug Lowe Bill Neilsen were elected with record nos of miners, forestry, industrial workers.
Prof Ratnay,Peter George,Andrew Wilke the greens all attract the better educated. #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Following the example set by @LukeMartin1983 the naive Mr Winter sems to have decided it is easier to be a lobbiest for rich powerful foreign fish farmers, gambling and hospitality industries .
Winning elections too hard. Modern Tas voters well educated , too smart.
#politas

[kurt @virtualmusing]

wow, @DeanWinterMP on his feet in parliament shilling for salmon, forestry and greyhound industries. reading out some garbage from the TCCI. shocking #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Peter George clearly has wanted to do the right thing !Would it be acceptable to his critics if he were to to sell his current shares and only reinvest in ASX Co.s based in Tas. ?
Sadly there seems to be a decreasing number of these.
K&D,Websters,Roberts,Goliath gone.
#politas

[8900Seagull @seagull80077269]

Peter George should have kept his Origin shares. Its better for such companies (energy) to be owned by the people. #politas The problem here is the depth of thought permitted by Greenies.

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

No argument.Did Mr Kestleman refund any of the $40 mil for costs incurred setting up the JJs.
OK the Devils are 1oo% owned by AFL.
Does Tas have any g'tee a min level of Tas players be listed?
If the team fails will they be sent elsewhere like Fitzroy and the Swans ? #politas

[TassieDevil2028 @TDevil2028]

@CArchWilliams Sorry, but you have no idea. The Jack Jumpers are a franchise that was owned by Larry Kestelman who sold it for $40miliion, the Devils are not a franchise and the licence is owned by the AFL.

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

@TDevil2028 I am sure the AFL believe this to be true however if the full weight of the Tas Govt were to come to bear they could find a way. The Jack Jumpers recently got sold for $4mil .
Canberra, Nth Territory ,or a third WA team likely customers provided roofless stadiums are ok.

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

This success shouldnt be cause for X Bench to let up. More commitments needed.
1. Legislation req'd for expiry of fish farm leases.
2. Appoint New Vice Chancellor.
3. Sell Devils licence. Use $$ for Hawthorn in Lt'on and Nth at Blundstone. #politas

[Steve Loring @loring_steve]

The Premier may favour rocky road, but the scrapped Chocolate Fountain is an omen symbolizing the spending spree is over. This small, visible cut softens the public for the far larger cancellation to come: the new stadium. #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

You may be right in that #UTAS council makes a selection but I would have thought the Tasmanian Govt would need to endorse their choice. Welcome advice on this.
Hopefully who ever does the job will find someone committed to education rather than property development. #politas

[Councillor Ryan Posselt @Ryan_Posselt]

@CArchWilliams You know that the government can’t interfere in the university council’s choice of vice chancellor right?

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Seems like a sensible way out.
Now can we go back to Hawthorn playing 4 games at York Park and North Melbourne 4 at Blundstone.
Total 8 games in Tas, only a few less than a team of our own would play. Bad luck property developers!
#politas

[Steve Loring @loring_steve]

Despite publicly supporting the new stadium, the Liberals and Labor have abandoned its enabling legislation. By allowing a knowingly negative POSS review to proceed, are they positioning the TPC and state debt as the official reasons for its cancellation? #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Luke Martin highly paid lobbiest was largely responsible for Labors'vote losing policies for fish farms & the stadium fantasy.
Small world.
Willee entered parliament by wining Elwick the disgraced Terry Martin's old seat.
Popular move, Martin Jnr now joins dad in exile!
#politas

[Garth ..... Gasu - ガース @gasugasu1984]

The other positive of this is that I assume Luke Martin is unemployed #politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

The pained look on these two faces suggests they may have just been told about plans to put fish farms in Sydney Harbour and or the Brisbane River.
#politas

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

BREAKING: After more than 2 years of appalling delay, and only days before our foundation's court case on this matter was due to be heard, Minister Watt has given the green light for fish farms to continue polluting Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour #politas
https://t.co/UgE9XL8I3b

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Harry Sheezel playing at Bellerive oval this afternoon unlikely to have any complaint re the suitability of the venue.
Can the stadium boosters @RockliffTeam who saw a big crowd enjoying the game explain again why mega $$$ are needed to build a replacement stadium
#politas

[ABC SPORT @abcsport]

Raise the bat, Harry! He had the ball on a string! 🪀5️⃣4️⃣

As the Kangas go out with a bang at Bellerive, Harry Sheezel has collected a record-equalling 54 disposals in a 48-point win over Richmond to farewell their deal with Tasmania. 💙🤍

It’s the equal-most disposals in a game alongside Tom Mitchell's record from 2018, while North Melbourne wins five games in a season for the first time since 2019. 🦘

Live blog: https://t.co/izfIZTm6N6
Listen live: https://t.co/NkLT8xavCv
#AFL #AFLNorthTigers

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

Good work crossbench ! @Indy4Franklin
Fish farms, greyhounds, forestry fixed.
Bad luck voters but it doesnt look as if @RockcliffTeam ready to give up their Stadium fantasy yet.
#UTas VC Rufus Black seems to have stayed out of negotiations and appears safe for now.
#politas

[Helen Burnet @HelenBurnet]

⁦A step in the right direction: @jeremyrockliff⁩ offering a halt to salmon farm expansion and a review, after summer’s mass mortalities and now mid-winter P. rickettsia salmonis outbreaks #politas https://t.co/ImPT6sOoBV

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

The highly paid lobbyist for the foreign owned fish (FOFF) farmers Luke Martin certainly earned his pay here tho persuading @AlboMP and Senator Watt probably wasnt hard.
Did they talk to Craig Garland ?
ALP was so grateful they made him an endorsed MHA candidate. #politas

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

BREAKING: After more than 2 years of appalling delay, and only days before our foundation's court case on this matter was due to be heard, Minister Watt has given the green light for fish farms to continue polluting Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour #politas
https://t.co/UgE9XL8I3b

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

To those 35 Tasmanian pollies so keen to work for their voters check some recent opinion polls.
1. 60% plus want FISH FARMS gone !
2. 70% leave UTAS where it is.
3. 60 % dont want the STADIUM !
Dont support @DeanWinterMP ,@RockcliffTeam if they cant deliver.
#politas

[C.A.Williams @CArchWilliams]

@DeanWinterMP @RockcliffTeam @Indy4Franklin
Tas voters are sailors surfers, fishermen They want sparkling Tas waters back!
Make voters happy, win his Craig Garland support.
1No new permits.
2Limit life existing permits
3 Tax prodn.
4 $ penalties for EPA breaches.
#politas

[Peter Antony George @Indy4Franklin]

Over the weekend, Tasmanian Labor announced that they plan to secure an exemption from the federal environment laws for heavy industries in Tasmania, including salmon farming, energy and mining. Liberal claimed it was their idea. Both parties are the same.