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Katrina update

Hypocrisy at its peak

TREASURER Peter Costello heads off to Aceh next week to see how Australia’s relief funds are being used. It’s a non-event trip...

Gentle, into that good night

I THINK it is the physical manifestations of growing old that first set the bells ringing. For example, there is the nose...

The shark

Diving under the water, a limitless, flat calm sheet of silvery water under a pale pink sky in the late afternoon. He...

Tasmania’s economic future

We are family

MY FIRST clear memory of my mother — indeed, my first clear memory of anyone or anything — is of walking with...

The makeover of cuddly Paul

AS Linda Smith in The Mercury observed last month, once you see Paul Lennon setting up a photo opportunity with a dog,...

A lifeless whiteness

SHE was short and slight and, at least in profile, very attractive. Mid-twenties, I guessed. Close-cropped blond hair; a tiny silver stud...

Bob grasps the nettle

LABOR’S Helen Polley came dressed for action in a smart red business suit, but it was a Green strategy that dominated much...

Freeze frame

THE fruits of global warming The Tasmanian Fire Commission’s prediction of an early start to the fire season have some parallels in...