Tasmanian Times

‘Sexy’ Coal’s Pin-ups of 2012

This is about the lie in reducing carbon emissions. The lie in Gillard’s carbon reduction plan and the lying policies by Governments...

Going bananas to restrict weapons … as Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel peace prize …

Kirsty Maddeb from Amnesty City Group We had a successful action at Salamanca Market today (17/6/’12) at the Amnesty International stall. We...

Former Labor minister Lin Thorp to join Senate

The Tasmanian Labor Party has elected former state minister Lin Thorp to replace retiring Senator Nick Sherry. The trouble-prone Police, Education and...

Outside the tent

The Regional Forests Agreement signed in 1997 recognised that there were significant areas with high value conservation forest values on private land....

The federal health package: less than meets the eye

Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ The federal health package, negotiated between the Commonwealth government and the Denison independent, Andrew Wilkie, comes with an...

I bitterly regret it

The lads’ mag I edited turned a generation on to porn – and now I’m a father I bitterly regret it: A...

What do readers think of this idea?

Some years ago I sprained a muscle in my back which left me totally incapacitated. A single ambulance driver came to my...

Australia must act on violence in West Papua: Greens

Assessing Gunns Ltd

Public Briefing Paper for Forest Management Certification Assessment of Gunns Limited in Tasmania, Australia 15th of June, 2012 Introduction – The Rainforest...

Touch too much: pupils protest at school ban on contact

Pupils at a Mornington Peninsula primary school have staged a protest on their school oval after they were banned from hugging or...