Tasmanian Voices

Tasmanian Voices is a series of columns offering opinions and perspectives on a range of themes. The themes are many, but they all have one thing in common – Tasmania. The voices are many, but Tasmanian Voices is the beating heart of this website.

Tasmanian Voices

What is needed, what is being received, and the gap between

by Deborah Thomson

16 Oct 2025

This is the final article of a three-part series discussing what victims of domestic, family and sexual violence) in Tasmania need – and what they are receiving ...

Environment

Fish and ships: under the influence of salmon

by Steve Harris

19 Sep 2025

“Tasmanian Atlantic salmon” is a descriptor which arouses passions beyond most other three words ...

Tasmanian Voices

What is needed, what is being received, and the gap between

by Deborah Thomson

16 Sep 2025

Wwomen in Australia are disproportionately vulnerable to housing insecurity and domestic violence ...

Tasmanian Voices

Hobart doctor’s creative journey gives back to help Tasmanians

by Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation

09 Aug 2025

This article was contributed by Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation A Hobart pain management doctor, who once cared for patients in some of the world’s most remote regions, is now using his creativity to give back to the community he has...

Tasmanian Voices

What is needed, what is being received, and the gap between

by Deborah Thomson

09 Aug 2025

During my advocacy work I interact with social services, stakeholders and those with lived experience of domestic violence ...

Tasmanian Voices

Recognising coercive control

by Deborah Thomson

12 Jul 2025

It is the perpetrator’s choice to abuse, and generally they will not stop the coercive control while still in a relationship with their victim. ...

Tasmanian Voices

Intersectionality: a new term explaining an old problem

by Deborah Thomson

07 Jun 2025

Intersectionality in relation to domestic and family violence is a study of how different categories of identity overlap and interact to create unique experiences of discrimination and its opposite, privilege ...

The Patch

Return December

by Peter Grant

02 May 2025

Among Elvis Presley’s many gifts, the articulation of lyrics wasn’t foremost ...

Tasmanian Voices

The system is failing on coercive control

by Deborah Thomson

28 Apr 2025

What is coercive control and how does a narcissist use this to their own advantage? ...

Tasmanian Voices

Explaining coercive control

by Deborah Thomson

26 Apr 2025

Coercive control is a criminal offence and can be reported to the police ...

Tasmanian Voices

A very different assembly

by Erin Coull

02 Mar 2025

Youth Parliament changed my life, because I left that week-long nerd camp knowing my ideas can stand alongside anyone else’s ...

Poet's Corner

The Pear Tree

by Liz McQuilkin

01 Mar 2025

I see your ripening fruit half-hidden in the foliage ...

Tasmanian Voices

DARVO: When the victim is accused of being the perpetrator

by Deborah Thomson

01 Mar 2025

The misidentifying the victim for a perpetrator, particularly in police callouts to domestic violence incidents, has been discussed in the national media recently. Incidents of this have been seen in Tasmania as well as the mainland ...

Tasmanian Voices

Truths in the shadows

by Deborah Thomson

01 Feb 2025

Why do children sometimes return to live with their abuser?