Tasmanian Times
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1.5KNationalAdam Bandt’s maiden speech to Parliament. Forget the focus groups …
I am enormously proud to be here as the first member of the Australian Greens elected at a general election and especially...
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900Opinion
Flying in the Face of Old Age (2): Forced Ageing
“I’d give all I own if I could but atone to that silver haired daddy of mine” Gene Autry 1932 Chapter Two...
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766Economy
The Price of Power (3)
Chris Harries, Comment 11: There’s no question that Basslink is a financial millstone. In the lead-up to its implementation, many of us...
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1.4KEnvironment
Bounties on Tasmanian foxes
In January 2002 the then Director of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Michael Lynch called on Tasmanian Government to consider a bounty on...
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882Article
Travels without a Donkey: Bolivia (4) (Potosí 2 & to the border)
I WANTED to experience a day in the life of a Potosí miner to allow me to write about it. I made...
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857Economy
Over $18m lost on pokies for the month of August
The Tasmanian Greens today revealed that over the last eight months this year $124, 256, 821 has been lost on poker machines,...
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1.7KEnvironment
A Cry from the Heart – Our air quality
It has been confirmed by the EPA that not only our planned burn smoke, but planned burn smoke from Victoria as well,...
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1.7KEconomy
A Cry from the Heart – Rosebery …
We live in a beautiful valley, where 100 years ago, Aborigines roamed the highlands. Today Rosebery is contaminated with poisonous heavy metals,...
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659Economy
Call for Action
Hobart City Council Alderman Philip Cocker today (Sat) called on the State Government to get on with implementing the transfer of the...
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Poetry & Short Stories
The fibres in my walls are taut and strong
The fibres in my walls are taut and strong Yes, the light is always cloudy, mud trails creep from the back door...
