Tasmanian Times
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942EconomyWhy the mining boom should be slowed
This article in The Conversation today is a useful reply to Stephen Kirchner’s and to Peter McDonald’s argument that we need more...
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765Economy
Now, do you understand economics?
Subject: European Economics – Want to understand the European and U.S. Economies?? Mary is the proprietor of a bar in Dublin. She...
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848Economy
In China, the true cost of Britain’s clean, green wind power
Rusting pipelines meander for miles from factories processing rare earths in Baotou out to the man-made lake where, mixed with water, the...
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ADVOCATES & VOTERS HOPEFUL OF COALITION CONSCIENCE VOTE
Marriage equality advocates have responded to Tony Abbott’s comments this morning on Sky News by saying that they’re hopeful that the Coalition...
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816Economy
PM Gillard must intervene as Australia takes Durban to the gutter
Negotiations in Durban are in serious danger of breaking down completely as countries wrestle to weaken any outcomes and Australia is right...
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979Arts
The sound of good shiraz, liberally poured!x
You know the sound that fine shiraz makes, poured liberally into a glass… …that deep throaty, succulent, devour-me-now life-wish, swishing and sloshing...
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996Economy
The extraordinary incompetence of Forestry Tasmania
The flogging of the radiata pine trees on State Forest in north-east Tasmania is another step in a long and sorry saga....
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783International
Good reason to worry about our democracy
There’s been much talk recently about a decline in the ”civility” of our public debate. This follows a long period of anxiety...
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802Health
Oxfam’s Annual Report
The stats are in! During the last financial year, Oxfam’s work reached 7.15 million people in 29 countries. They responded to 30...
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FREE Tours of the Sea Shepherd Ship, the M/Y Bob Barker
The M/Y Bob Barker is departing Hobart next week for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to defend whales from illegal whaling. Crew...
