August 12, 2012 - Tasmanian Times

Gillard backs experts’ asylum seeker report

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has backed an independent report on asylum seekers, saying the government would move urgently to restart offshore processing...

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Economy

Dealing with FT: John Powell’s tortuous saga (includes all articles)

Forestry chief Bob Gordon, left, and Minister Bryan Green From: powelljl … To: lara.giddings@dpac.tas.gov.au; bryan.green@parliament.tas.gov.au; brian.wightman@dpac.tas.gov.au; karen.vadasz@dpac.tas.gov.au; michael.stedman@dpac.tas.gov.au; richard.dowling@dpac.tas.gov.au Subject: UNBLOODYBELIEVABLE!!!! Date:...

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Environment

Looking through the rose-coloured glass

The All Saints Church is excited to announce a Federal Government Grant through the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities...

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History

The Murdochratic State

Anyone beguiled by appeals by the Murdoch press in Australia for the defence of “freedom” against the Leviathan of the state needs...

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Economy

Stupidity is on the rise in our age of enlightenment

SINCE Gough Whitlam’s time, Australia has undergone a serious decline in the quality of debate on public policy – and the same...

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Media

Free speech debate is coloured by hypocrisy

The martyrdom of Saint Andrew of Bolt is stirring a stifled nation. ”Freedom of speech” rings from the battlements as this cherished...

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Economy

Supporting the Human Rights of Sex Workers: Sex Party Policy – And Damn Proud of It!

Aristotle wrote, “To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” Conversely, when one has much to say one must be prepared...

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Media

You Will Be Assimilated

Recently, Glenn Greenwald interviewed Chris Hayes about Hayes’s new book, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. I have the audiobook cued...