Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.1KKeep it in the ground …
On Friday (recently), I stepped down as editor of the Guardian. Six months ago, when I announced my decision, I said I...
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Tony Abbott is almost certainly a British dual citizen — and so he can’t be our PM
Independent Australia Managing editor David Donovan explains why he has just come to the view that Tony Abbott is very likely to...
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Gillian Triggs has the right to criticise politicians’ use of power, says Labor
Human rights commissioner can target politicians for over-reaching ministerial power, Chris Bowen says, but MPs don’t have to agree with her Gillian...
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Nauru guards were spying on Sarah Hanson-Young, Senate inquiry told
Subcontractor claims surveillance team followed Greens senator around island and called her ‘The Raven’. But Tony Abbott says she was being ‘looked...
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The questions around the NBN rollout
Last week, the NBN rollout in Tassie was thrown into chaos when one of the major subcontractors carrying out the work (a...
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Australia has forfeited world leadership on climate policy, says Kofi Annan panel
Canberra has withdrawn from constructive engagement on the issue, says report, as Australia is grilled at crucial meeting in Germany Australia has...
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The Lord Howe Island Rat Eradication Programme
Australians to be Guinea Pigs for a Kiwi Folly Lord Howe Island is a small and isolated volcanic remnant about 600 kilometres...
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The liquidation of Nature
*Pics: Biomass furnaces … The liquidation of nature in Tasmania’s forests would be a serious and inevitable consequence of biomass burning the...
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FIFA and Blatter: how money and sport are joined at the hip
Sepp Blatter … The nail-biting penalty shoot out that has been taking place in FIFA during the past week has been fully...
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Advocates to pursue legal challenge against anti-bias exemption
Image from former Senator Brian Greig’s article on TT here: Tasmania introduces “religious freedom” legislation, just days after Indiana scraps it Exemption...
