Tasmanian Times
Economy
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4.8KThe paradox of Christianity: Right or Left wing … ?
In a recent article1, Julian Burnside points out what seems to be a paradox. Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and Peter...
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Those corporate ties …
First published May 8, 2017 I have just been reading Corporate Ties That Bind: An Examination of Corporate Manipulation and Vested Interest...
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Letter to the Editor: Liberals abandon tourism jobs target
*Pic: Ted Mead’s evocative pic of the Pieman River in the Tarkine … Before the election the Liberal government had a target...
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Guess Who …?
1. Which real estate agent valued a CBD property at $2000 per s/m? 2. Which taxpayer funded institution valued an adjacent property...
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Kiwi Anti-Poison Public Spied On …
*Pic: Laurie Collins … “it’s plain melodramatic spying” South Island bush robin – 1080 poisoning saves birds, says DOC … but in...
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‘Greens launch plan to reboot recycling’
Waste & Recycling and Healthy Oceans portfolio holder, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today has launched the Greens’ response to the national recycling crisis...
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NATION: Hockey golfs with Trump but is it game over for the banks?
*Pic: Kenneth Hayne. Image from here First published April 23 “He’s a good golfer and good company”, reports Joe Hockey, all atwitter...
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Wilderness Access – A Conservationist’s Paradox
*Pic: A Three Capes Track village monstrosity. – Such infrastructure highly degrades the once pristine environs of a natural region. – The...
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‘Treasurer used government resources to help the pro-pokies lobby, say Greens’
The Tasmanian Greens have accused the Liberals of using government resources to help the gambling lobby fight an unfavourable report into poker...
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Lost Copy: The Endless Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, John Martinkus
In The Operators, a great book on the war in Afghanistan, the American journalist Michael Hastings is scathing of reporters who spend...
