Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.2KDecriminalise the use of small amounts of illicit drugs …
THIS month police in Perth confiscated 320kg of methamphetamine, estimated to be worth $320 million, in what was Western Australia’s biggest seizure...
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As a young African woman, I have a privileged position …
“I always had a sense of owing due to the good fortune of being able to move to Tasmania and receive a...
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Advocates of the Far Side
Dave Hansford has just popped out of the woodwork again. This time to make comment on Penelope Marshall’s article, “Green Death from...
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What’s Australia coming to … ?
The onboard airline announcement went on forever. Instructions in Malay, followed by an English translation – the Australian Government’s requirements for entering...
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Je suis Karen
The internet had a snortle today (Friday) as news travelled that the Federal Government has printed and distributed a set of ‘educational’...
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Norfolk Island: Majority distress …
Today (Sunday) a large group of islanders marched in protest of the Australian Government representatives failure to abide by to United Nations...
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July 29: Fish River Mini Hydro Power Scheme Proposal
*Pic: Nearby Lake Rowallan … Image by Lindsay from here RET with Regret, an Urgent Alert about one of the thousand cuts...
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Tasmania Part of Social Media History on World Tourism Day
*Pic: Paul Fleming’s pic of sunrise on Mt Wellington … When Tourism Tasmania asked Paul Fleming if he wanted to be part...
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‘Absolute insult …’ ‘Wedging the Mayor …’ ‘Threat to residents …’
• *Pic: Geoffrey Swan, Lonnavale: This is our Community river as at 3pm today 9 (see below). Ken Studley from Huon Valley...
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And so, it’s come to this …
And so it’s come to this. Well it’s not as if they weren’t warned. Six years ago I wrote this at this...
