Members of the Tasmanian Policy Exchange often share policy insights and knowledge about a range of Tasmanian topics in the media and at public events.
Recent TPE media appearances
ABC Hobart's Monday Afternoon Drive
You can catch one of our policy experts on ABC Hobart every Monday at 5:20pm discussing Tasmanian issues of the week.
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High-risk Tassie homes face brutal $3,000 insurance premiums amid surging and extreme climate risks
Thousands of homes could become effectively uninsurable by 2040 unless action is taken to reduce bushfire risk.
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No Indication major parties can improve Tasmanian budget
Professor Richard Eccleston joins Stateline Tasmania to discuss the unexpected election, and the need to do things differently.
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Past Media
Elections and budgets
- No Indication major parties can improve Tasmanian budget, Richard Eccleston says (ABC National News - 21 June 2025)
In this interview, Professor Richard Eccleston discusses the early state election, and the budget that caused it. - Tasmania could go to an election just 16 months after its last one. What's going on? (The Conversation - 5 June 2025)
Dr Robert Hortle discusses the potential of an early election in Tasmania based on the No Confidence motion in Premier Rockliff.
- State of the states: six key politics experts explain the key seats across the country (The Conversation - 3 April 2025)
Dr Robert Hortle joins five other political scientists to discuss the key seats to keep an eye on in the 2025 Federal election.
- Tasmanians have voted in a hung parliament. What now? (The Conversation, 24 March 2024)
Dr Robert Hortle and Professor Richard Eccleston discuss the outcomes of the election, what the numbers show, and what's to come for Tasmanian Parliament. - From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has become a promise avalanche (The Conversation, 21 March 2024)
Dr Robert Hortle explores the Tasmanian election campaign, including the key players and the issues that have dominated the discourse. - Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country's last Liberal state be no more? (The Conversation, 14 February 2024)
Professor Richard Eccleston and Dr Robert Hortle examine some of the potential key issues on the minds of campaigners leading into the early election, and what the outcome of this election might mean for Tasmanians.
Climate and emissions
- We are cutting emissions, but nowhere near fast enough (The Mercury, July 2024)
Dr Lachlan Johnson and Kimberly Brockman give an overview of the state of Tasmania's emissions - and we need to act faster. - In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions (The Conversation, 5 March 2024)
Dr Robert Hortle and Dr Lachlan Johnson detail the impact of fires on total global emissions - meaning that with the increasing bushfires risk across Australia, we need to improve the way we model and report on bushfires. - University of Tasmania, Island of Ideas: Forging a Fire Ready Future, (YouTube, March 2024)
Professor Richard Eccleston hosts this Island of Ideas - which discusses the challenge of bushfires that face our communities. Experts discuss how we prepare for the inevitable? As fires become more frequent and intense, the need for proactive measures grows urgent, but is Tasmania ready?
Democracy and good governance
- What If Wednesday: What if Victoria took over Tasmania? (ABC Radio Melbourne - 11 June 2025)
In this episode of What If Wednesday, Professor Richard Eccleston argues in favour of keeping Tasmania distinct from our closest mainland state. - University of Tasmania, Island of Ideas: Democracy Done Differently, (YouTube, July 2024)
Dr Robert Hortle hosts this Island of Ideas which takes a look at some new ways that democracy can be done different. Whilst levels of and confidence in democracy is falling globally - how can we create a shakeup to the system? - Senate estimates and inquiries: what are they, what's the difference, and why do we have them? (The Conversation, 8 January 2024)
Dr Lachlan Johnson provides an explanation of what senate estimates and inquires are - shedding light onto why they've been all over the news.
Population and migration
- A plan for changing population includes attracting and retaining migrants (The Examiner [paywalled], 31 October 2024)
Professor Richard Eccleston provides insights from the TPE's population work for the Northern Tasmanian Development Corporation (NTDC).