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So, how do I benefit?

Like every other Tasmanian, I have been bombarded with adverts and editorials telling me how wonderful a Pulp Mill is going to...

That special case – Tasmania

So we have a population too small to support a Symphony Orchestra according to the erudite James Strong, former CEO of Qantas.Tasmania...

Twins …

As a twin I looked at the photo recently of 12 sets of twins at Huonville Primary in The Mercury with great...

People and glass bottles

My good friend Bacchus No-Smoke dropped in at the new coffee house in Battery Point, where he heard people chortling about Leo...

Why am I not invited?

My good friend Bacchus No-Smoke was having a short black at Retro in Salamanca Place, where he heard that HRH Mary will...

The Tigers’ bite

We can rest assured there will be cricket folk around Australia who will try to find something wrong with Tasmania’s win in...

Your Say (Archive 1)

Why do we eat what we eat?

You know how KFC have that yummy-yucky chicken salt that everyone else tries to imitate? And the chips are warm and kind...

The 19th century industrial revolution

We have become locked into a nineteenth century industrial revolution mentality in Tasmania that diverts people from education and training and focuses...

Droooool … kill me now!

I wasn’t being a pig. Really I wasn’t, honest. It’s just that the menu was so exciting AND they had a degustation...