Tasmanian Times
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798Coroner & LegalReport Dispels Myth of Cheap Tassie Rent
The release of Australia’s first Rental Affordability Index (RAI) has been welcomed by Tasmania’s peak body for affordable housing and homelessness, Shelter...
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783History
Tassie left off the (mushroom) Map …
Found this curious mushroom among some I bought at the supermarket this week. It looks remarkably like a map of Australia but...
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1.2KEconomy
A response to Lissa Johnson …
A response to Lissa Johnson: Spot the Extremist It is undoubtedly true that the US-led invasion of Iraq under George W Bush,...
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959Economy
How and why ISIS emerged …
*Pic: ABC picture of John Martinkus shortly after being released by … what became Daesh … John Martinkus: ‘What my captors wanted...
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8.1KAnecdotes
A tale of two towns (2): Burnie
Time passes. Listen. Time passes. – Dylan Thomas, Under Milkwood INTRODUCTION: the best of times: the worst of times In the winter...
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813Society
What is it?
This pic was taken by someone touring the Huon Valley at Judbury recently. I’m not sure what the truck is releasing, but...
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879Economy
The Patent That Could Destroy Monsanto and Change the World
If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically...
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964Economy
Population is the World’s Number One Problem, says Kiwi Conservationist
The world is facing a “people population explosion” problem says a New Zealand conservation advocate. Tony Orman, of Marlborough in the South...
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920Economy
Kiwi ‘Hunter-Conservationists’ Slam DOC Poison Plan
*Pic: Poisoned by 1080 … A New Zealand national hunter’s organisation has rejected a call by the Department of Conservation (DOC) for...
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819
Why we need idleness in our lives
Black Inc. and Nero Books In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell and Bradley Trevor Greive Full of magic and whimsy, this...
