Tasmanian Times
Economy
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918NATION: Personal choice and economic reality; Paid Parental Leave
Paid parental leave is contentious. Parents get fiercely protective over their right to reproduce. Non-parents get angry about subsidising ‘personal choices’. Politicians...
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NATION: Hockey’s incredible Budget Back-Flip
Joe Hockey’s second Budget set a new backflip benchmark even for the Abbott government which has elevated flip flops into a key...
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Martyn Turner visits Oz …
I wrote this piece for the Irish Times after a five week visit to Australia in 1999. Those who concur with the...
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Mayor Coad’s Letter to the Editor on local government reform …
Letter to Editor Local Government Reform As Mayor of the Huon Valley Council, I make it clear that my following comments do...
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NATION/STATE: Gonski; A once-in-a-generation opportunity …
Dr Ken Boston OA, a member of the Gonski Review Panel which looked into how Australian schools are funded, gave a keynote...
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Peter Brohier’s letter to Tony Abbott. All Peter Brohier articles on TT
Download: Sub_54_Supplementary.pdf ALL PETER BROHIER’S ARTICLES ON BASS STRAIT … • Omega transport plan: Linking Victoria and Tasmania • Failing to deliver...
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We need to change thinking and direction. Our future demands it …
Kim Williams has reached a remarkable level of achievement. First as an learned man of music, film and broadcasting, and secondly through...
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Amnesty Members put No Confidence motion in Amnesty Australia Board at Hobart AGM
Members of Amnesty International Australia last Saturday (16th May), put a [i]No Confidence Motion[/i] in the [i]Amnesty International Australia Board[/i] over their...
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The end of compassion …
Image from here This crisis off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia heralds the start of the breakdown of civilization? If...
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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans
MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth...
