Tasmanian Times
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History
A great soldier
THE GG will drop into northern Tasmania on Feb 24th to unveil a memorial statue. Nope, not to sporting hero Ricky Ponting,...
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Environment
Recherche: has the Government paid out Gunns?
That’s the rumour Hag heard last night. Worth asking the Premier isn’t it, girls and boys in the meedja? A payout figure...
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Politics
Field, Cheek, McCall, Crowley
Dr Tony McCall Dr Kate Crowley Bob Cheek Michael Field Chair: Kim Boyer School of Sociology University of Tasmania Where: Backspace Theatre...
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National
Drugs: the ugly lottery
TASMANIANS should tell their politicians they don’t want debate over drug policy to turn into an ugly and destructive law and order...
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Environment
The beekeepers’ hope
IMMEDIATELY to the Beekeepers publicity event last Sunday in the Southern Forest it became public knowledge through the media that the Minister...
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Forestry
Pulping promises
In announcing a $2.4 million payment to pulp mill proponent Gunns, the Federal Government has funded broken promises from both the Prime...
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Media
Scoop!
Congratulations are in order for Tasmania’s leading `reasonably factual’ newspaper. Not content with winning the The Barra Award from Media Watch for...
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Arts
A great actor
TASMANIAN actor Michael Siberry is in New York rehearsing for Spamelot — a wacky musical adaption of the hilarious cult film Monty...
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National
What lies beneath
BY NOW few sensible people would believe that John Howard and Alexander Downer, among other members of the Government, are not involved...
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Arts
Shakespeare and Truganini
It’s under wraps but John Malkovich and novelist Nicholas Shakespeare want to make a movie about Truganini, the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal,...
