Tasmanian Times
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1.5KEconomyNBN: This is progress? No. This is shame …
A Tasmanian NBN Experience April 2013 Different names have been used to protect the privacy of those involved. Thank you to those...
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887Economy
Stop the slaughter of native ducks
The annual duck killing season will end this weekend as conservation and animal groups renew the call for a complete end to...
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804Economy
Clear and sustained opposition to pokies …
The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed results from the Mercury’s Great Tassie Survey ( Readers say it’s all about jobs ) which showed...
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719Arts
Thou knowest not what evening may bring …
Where to disrobe, hereMOFO
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Woolworths must sign Bangladesh accord to ensure products are produced under safe working conditions
Today, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Australian Greens spokesperson on trade, welcomed media reports that Kmart and Target have signed up to a global...
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An edited transcript of an address to The AUSVEG 2013 National Convention, Gold Coast
I come from the North-West coast of Tasmania. Agriculture and, particularly vegetable production, is an industry that I can’t escape. Everybody there...
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ACCC decision highlights need for temporary ban on all expansion by Coles and Woolworths
Australian Greens spokesperson on competition policy, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announcement yesterday that it would...
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THE THREAT TO SIMPLOT: ‘These people just don’t get it’
Voters just can’t trust Labor or the Greens to deal with the complex issues surrounding the imminent threat facing Simplot Australia and...
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SPORTS BET TV AD BAN REPORT RELEASED
The Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform and Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will discuss the release of...
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Tough times no deterrent to $400,000 waste on local government political campaign
Tough times in Tasmania appear to be no deterrent to local government needlessly wasting ratepayer’s money with revelations some $400,000 will be...
