Tasmanian Times
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897TravelGoing cheap … your own $1.7b holiday airport
SPAIN’S biggest white elephant, the abandoned $1.7-billion Ciudad Real Central Airport that’s just over five years old. (Wikipedia) IF you think Qantas...
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827Arts
Joe has no retiring thoughts as Good Times roll on!
The origins of the name Camilleri are many and diverse, perhaps akin to the diversity of music Joe Camilleri plays. the name...
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1.0KTravel
Struth!
IN the back of the kitchen cupboard, under the house, even in garden sheds… some wines are left to age most ungracefully....
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984History
The Politically Corrupting Bottle
Wait a minute! Hold on! Just a second! Being a ‘nice guy’ should be meaningless in the world of politics. Big Pollies...
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750Economy
As Tony Abbott puts the Budget together, he is being haunted by statements of campaigns past
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott’s own words are nagging him as he prepares for ruthless pruning in his first Budget. The night before...
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789Opinion
Leg Co candidates’ pitch
All candidates in the upcoming Legislative Council elections are invited to provide a 200-word statement of their pitch to voters (and photo)...
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737History
An interim report on the state of play regarding MH 370
I herewith submit an interim report on the state of play regarding MH 370 via my You Tube connections. Mr Hawkins is...
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769Environment
Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (7)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall last month prompted Don Knowler to...
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1.1KEconomy
The underdog bites back
The election of Palmer United Party’s Jacqui Lambie to the Senate surprised many. But a 10-year battle with Veterans’ Affairs shows the...
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1.2KPolitics
Neville ‘Nifty’ Wran
(From Goodbye Jerusalem, 1997) …..Nifty I had known in a different way. When Rosemary Foot had asked in the Legislative Assembly was...
