Tasmanian Times
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794HistoryCriminalising gay parenting
The Tasmanian Liberals want to decriminalise altruistic surrogacy for everyone except same-sex couples. Under their proposed amendments to State Government surrogacy reform,...
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809Economy
And all the time I thought we were living in a democracy
The history of this “so called” Protection of Agricultural Land Policy certainly caused a deal of uneasiness when being debated in both...
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1.1KEconomy
What happens when a rogue company is given too many grants
Over the past 20 years millions of dollars have been spent on propping up the Timber industry in Tasmania. Some sources put...
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695Economy
Don’t take the ministries Nick (2)
Kevin Kiernan, a bedrock founder of environmentalism, first publicly raised a loss of faith of in Green political philosophy and direction in...
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835Environment
Founding fathers turn on urban Greens
Two founding fathers of the Greens say the split between the old-school environmentalists and the new generation of ideologically driven urban activists...
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706Economy
Little wonder Tassie lacks clout
TASMANIA has been running on cut-price democracy for the past 13 years. Ever since Labor leader the late Jim Bacon and Liberal...
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1.5KEnvironment
The claimed Tasmanian Fox Shooting that didn’t happen in Tasmania
In a recent Tasmanian Times article on foxes David Obendorf has asked me to comment on the dead fox found by Mr...
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621Article
Sustainable Agriculture Urgently Needed, UN Agencies Say
There is now widespread recognition that a rapid shift from industrial monoculture to sustainable farming is needed to save the climate and...
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862Environment
Watch out for Captain Greenwash!
Watch out for Captain Greenwash. He may look like a hero, but sent through the full cycle, he comes out pale green....
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584Politics
A rethink as we face a new world
A leading international academic says that we need to rethink the ethos of growth as we respond to climate change. Dr John...
