Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.2KMyer today announces a half-billion dollar loss …
My question – is HCC still underwriting Myer Hobart? Damon Thomas, Hobart mayor at the time of this deal, is keen to...
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Cambridge Analytica Ain’t Nuthin: Look Out For i360 and DataTrust
*Cartoons: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner There are two dangers in the media howl over Trump’s computer gurus Cambridge...
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We need changes to the political system …
First published March 19 So … the elections … what happened? Despite the high level of disenchantment with major parties, Labor and...
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A Christmas Carol
*Pic: Kim Peart addresses the gathering at the Invermay railway yard, attending the declaration of the polls for Bass and Lyons. IMAGE...
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‘Tasmanian cabinet reshuffle’
*Pic: Ted Mead … The Tarkine … The Hodgman Government’s new Cabinet, announced yesterday, represents a mixed bag that signals the importance...
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Letter to the Editor: Your continuing silence on Afrin
First published March 20 The Hon Julie Bishop Foreign Minister Australian Government Canberra Dear Ms Bishop, I have sent you many polite...
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Raise a beer to any fictitious god …
Religion and beer have long and intertwined histories. While early religions espoused the worship of an array sun, storm, vegetation gods, their...
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The Clean Coal Calamity …
Trump’s endless mantra. Pic: anonymous The abandoned $7.5 billion Kemper clean-coal power plant in Mississippi. Pic source – The Guardian Australia should...
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‘Griggs demands Macquarie Point be part of solution to housing crisis’
*IMAGE: Tumbleweed Houses ~ https://about.homely.com.au/blog/2018/1/12/how-to-prepare-for-tiny-living … Richard Griggs, Independent Candidate for Legislative Council Seat of Hobart, has repeated his call for Macquarie...
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‘Twas a very strange Tasmanian State election (2018) …
First published March 15 There were a myriad of issues that affected the dismal result of the Tasmanian Greens and, once looking...
