Tasmanian Times
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Politics
In denial, or incompetent… ?
PETER GUTWEIN, Shadow Treasurer, Tuesday 11 August, 2009 What standards does the Premier expect of his Ministers? · The Treasurer has failed...
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Politics
How the Mercury helped Vanessa …
Dr KEN HART In Legislative Council elections, each candidate has a strict spending limit $12,000. The purpose of this limit is to...
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Economy
Build it … and they won’t come…
AUSTRALIAN THE federal government’s “build it and they will come” mentality to its ambitious $43billion national broadband network has fallen on deaf...
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National
Whatever happened to the democratic principal of one voice for all?
STEPHAN So, $10,000 dollars to have a chat with the Federal Treasurer. $2,000 a plate to talk with members of our State...
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National
Selling ALP indulgences
ALAN KOHLER Business Spectator Last week I bumped into a government relations manager of a major company who paid $10,000 to attend...
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National
Cap put on Turnbull’s plan
MICHELLE GRATTAN, Age NATIONALS Senate leader Barnaby Joyce has dismissed the Opposition alternative to the Government’s emissions trading scheme, saying Labor won’t...
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Environment
Tarkine: How much more?
CASSY O’CONNOR The Tasmanian Greens today (Monday) called on the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (DIER) to release its costings for...
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Environment
The Attey wind turbine for Hobart?
PETER Here’s a snap of some Attey wind turbines on a tall building. These would blend acceptably with the Hobart city environment...
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Politics
Limits of power
BACKGROUND BRIEFING Retired colonel in the US army and historian of international relations, Professor Andrew Bacevich argues that the US should get...
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National
Eric Abetz has a lot to answer for
JOHN HAWKINS Having watched Turnbull tonight being tortured on the 7.30 Report Abetz has an awful lot to answer for. I have...
