Tasmanian Times
Economy
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2.7K‘Top secret surveillance shows fisherman Joe Pirrello was the common link in drug syndicate’
*Pic: Commercial fisherman Joseph Pirrello in one of the surveillance pictures showing him meeting an alleged syndicate member. First published May 14...
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Mr Trump and Gaza …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner • Guardian: Israel: Trump’s new embassy opens – and dozens are killed Gaza...
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Letter to Will Hodgman: Is democracy dead in Tasmania … ?
Att: Premier Hodgman Dear Premier Hodgman, I am wondering if you have any concerns about the health of democracy in Tasmania. I...
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Budget 2018: A frontal assault on a fair go for all Australians …
*Satire: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/ used with permission Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (16:17): I might take up where Senator Fawcett finished off, on the things...
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Criminally minded … and how you can change it all
When a person becomes “criminally minded”, the circumstances that brought them to that place are many, varied and complicated. No one is...
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‘Record rain, flash flooding inundate CBD and parts of southern Tasmania. Vid’
*Pic: The bricks in the rivulet’s tunnels date back to the 19th century. 936 ABC Hobart: Damien Peck. The Rivulet flooded last...
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‘Bruny Island community groups front Storm Bay Fish Farm expansion hearings …’
*Pic: Ted Mead of a fish farm pen on Taroona Beach Pic: Storm Bay, off Bruny Island First published May 10 Bruny...
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Saul Eslake’s ‘vision’ for Tasmania in 2050
I was approached recently by the Australia Institute to posit my ideas for my island home taking a serious and long-term view,...
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NATION: Neither budget mania nor Macron mania divert the Coalition’s war on the poor
First published May 9 Australia is seized by budget mania. Abuzz. Agog. But after weeks of frenzied expectation, leaks and speculation, relief...
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A simple question …
First published May 8 I emailed a simple question to the Premier on 11 March ( http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/article/was-vanessa-goodwins-cancer-caused-by-wentworth-park-howrah-/ ) as to why there...
