Tasmanian Times
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725Coal-Fired Australia, Buffeted by Climate Change, Enacts Carbon Tax
Australia’s enormous coal deposits long seemed like an unmitigated gift in an expansive land of sweltering summers. On the planet’s driest inhabited...
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Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize winners 2012
Rachel Edwards, Island MagazineIsland would like to congratulate the winners of the 2012 annual Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize which was announced at...
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Sponsor a Burmese poet
Rachel Edwards, Island MagazineIsland are seeking assistance from the public to assist them to sponsor a Burmese poet to attend the Reaching...
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Anything but bland
Paula Xibberas Nick Bland is a popular children’s author. His parents were an artist and teacher, and he spent his childhood climbing...
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My government is software-stupid
I just checked, and my State government’s website here in Australia has 43 pages with the message that Adobe Acrobat Reader is...
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Big Sky Publishing: New Releases for October
Sharon Evans Three wonderful new titles covering topics from The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne in 1918 to the finest battalion history...
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Marvellous Morris
Paula Xibberas Wheeling along his travel suitcase, warmly attired for the coldish Tassie day and equally warm in personality, I am greeted...
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Startling New Tassie Thriller
Melanie Calvert Freycinet, by Melanie Calvert, is a gripping new psychological murder mystery set in the Tasmanian wilderness. Ginny O’Byrne arrives at...
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Tasmania passes same-sex marriage bill; gay, de facto surrogacy bill
Tasmania’s Legislative Council has passed laws to enable all couples, including gay and de facto, to use a surrogate to carry their...
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You can bank on Tristan
Paula Xibberas The name Tristan has a number of meanings; one is’ noise’ or ‘clatter’ and Tristan has been true to that...
