Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.1KThe ABC fails Australia again, this time in a big way
The continued promotion of the two old parties by the public broadcaster leaves Australian voters ill-informed about their choices, an inbuilt bias...
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Doubts about jobs and growth
*Pic: Opulence of the movers and shakers … International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with Peru President Ollanta...
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Climate Change, the Great Barrier Reef … and Labor
*Pic: Image from HERE I received the below reply in response to bitterly complaining to Bill Shorten after his grand announcement on...
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Be under no illusion: Malcolm Turnbull wants to destroy Australian literature
*Pic, Credit: CeBIT Australia. Source: Flickr http://bit.ly/1r1Eqw8 Speech given to the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney on 19 May The government’s...
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Tasmanian devil cancer research down a blind alley?
Scientists have been investigating a deadly disease afflicting the Tasmanian devil, a carnivorous marsupial on the verge of extinction due to what...
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The danger to health of cruise ships …
The Guardian has highlighted a major issue raised on Tasmanian Times on March 15 last year. And that is … the subject...
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How taxpayers are obliged to fund a racket
*Pic: Image from HERE Taxpayers pay the wages of judges, prosecutors and police and fund two legal systems. So far as I...
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Cassy O’Connor’s 2016-17 Budget Reply Speech
Madam Speaker, It gives me great pleasure to present the Tasmanian Greens’ fully costed alternative budget for 2016-17. It continues a long-standing...
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NATION: There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces a monthly set of unemployment figures based on an internationally sanctioned definition of unemployment. To...
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eBay / Myer’s new virtual reality shopping store ignores possible eye damage to the user
An article in a recent Mercury (page 50, 20 May) “Myer and eBay launch virtual shopping” announced the launch of a virtual...
