Tasmanian Times
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762EconomyHealth: Something has to give
The attached letter from the Federal Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, came in response to our statement, circulated earlier (links below). It...
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873Economy
Oz writer wins on animal ethics
CHRISTINE Jackman, senior writer with The Weekend Australian Magazine, last night won the print category of this year’s Voiceless Media Prize. Jackman...
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802History
Rape Used as Military Weapon
BANGKOK, Dec 10, 2011 (IPS) – The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate...
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933Economy
Why 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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757Economy
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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839Economy
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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Statements
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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809Economy
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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986Economy
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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776International
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...
