Tasmanian Times
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Greens formally launch 2016 election campaign
The Australian Greens have formally launched their 2016 campaign with the entire federal Greens party room, former party leaders Bob Brown and...
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Greens invest in Antarctic Science …
… It’s time to remove the world’s blindfold as we face climate change … Greens spokesperson for Antarctica, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has...
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660StatementsGeorge Brandis should Braxit
Pic on Flickr from HERE: CeBIT-2014-Opening-Plenary-and-Keynotes-4319 Attorney-General George Brandis is at it again, trying to corrupt democracy, protocol and age-old legal doctrines...
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1.2KEconomy
End of an empire
*Pic: Boris Johnson as Neville Chamberlain … Pic by cogito ergo imago, Flickr The world’s geo-political axis has been turned topsy-turvy as...
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1.7KPolitics
The faceless men of the Tasmanian Liberals’ Senate team
An unspoken rule of political campaign posters is to portray candidates as warmly as possible with humanising high-quality portrait photos, especially where...
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When Does Democracy No Longer Matter?
*Pic: The Ross Town Hall and former office of the Ross Municipal Council. ~ Photo by Kim Peart I love democracy. The...
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964Coroner & Legal
A new approach to democracy
A new approach to democracy in Local Government would surely be a breath of fresh air in Tasmania. The state’s Local Govt...
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961Economy
BASSLINK: Energy Council damns Libs’ Energy Strategy
*Pic: Source of the first drama: the damaged Basslink cable … The Tasmanian Minerals and Energy Council (TMEC), in their submission, questions...
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901Environment
World’s largest wind farm study finds sleep disturbances aren’t related to turbine noise
During the Abbott government, the often recalcitrant Senate cross bench was thrown a big, juicy bone plainly intended to sweeten their disposition...
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Letter to the Editor
I was reading the concerns of Australians on working holidays in the UK and how BREXIT vote would affect them? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-25/what-does-brexit-mean-for-australians/7543380 Spending...
