Tasmanian Times
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828Coroner & LegalLet’s rule out brown paper bag donations
WE’VE heard plenty about politicians abusing “entitlements”, with the Bronwyn saga providing satirical comment to keep us outraged and amused for weeks....
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1.0KNational
MPs’ expenses: sniff test reveals overnight faecal imbalance
Cleaners (centre) and their supporters demonstrate outside Parliament House Canberra in June 2015. An article commemorating the federal Parliament House cleaners, who...
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754Economy
Party politics in danger of becoming a tyranny of a minority
IT is in the interests of democracy to have free or conscience-voting on moral issues such as same-sex marriage. In Westminster parliaments,...
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1.2KEconomy
Goodbye Tuvalu
*Pic: Under threat … Funafutu Atol, Tuvalu Along with at least 36 other Small Island States to be affected by anthropogenic global...
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1.0KHistory
Fair’s fair Jacqui Petrusma
We were concerned today to hear Jacqui Petrusma suggest that 1 in 3 men is guilty of domestic violence. People participate in...
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910Economy
Spain’s communist model village
Marinaleda, in impoverished Andalusia, used to suffer terrible hardships. Led by a charismatic mayor, the village declared itself a communist utopia and...
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1.0KEconomy
Creating a Future that Works
As an advanced industrial nation, Australia could now have a society with real full-employment and free of poverty. Why have we failed...
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738Article
Custodianship in the 21st Century
The Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture 2015 Charles Darwin University August 6th 2015 Jeff McMullen I acknowledge the Larrakia traditional owners, their elders...
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929Economy
Strings attached: Julian Burnside commissions Tony Abbott-inspired composition
Barrister and human rights advocate, Julian Burnside QC, has commissioned composer Lyle Chan to create a piece of music, “Wind Farm Music...
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676Coroner & Legal
Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin …
Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin: Please … our children need our help to get harsher sentencing for pedophiles … Hello my name is Anne,...
