Tasmanian Times
Economy
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3.1KIt’s time to stop lighting fires
Bill Gammage’s popular book ‘The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia’ contains many fundamental flaws and represents ‘blind advocacy’ for...
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AMA welcomes decision to back down on changes to Medicare rebate
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Tasmania has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Government to back down on the proposal to cut...
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Doctors versus Liberals (1)
No political party inspires such unity among doctors, consumers and health economists as the Liberal Party. Around the country, we are again...
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Doctors versus Liberals (2)
Seeing the doctor is about to become more expensive for all Australians in a move which will alienate both doctors and patients...
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The Truth About Ta Ann. ‘The biggest environmental crime of our times’
*Pic: Abdul Taib Mahmud … A sad tale of the Asian timber mafia and the man who did more than anything to...
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New Zealand initiates action against illegal fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean
*Pic: NZ government picture of the Songhua Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem that contributes to overfishing,...
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Maxine’s story from the Trenches v Julia’s story from the Benches
Maxine McKew enters Parliament After years as a highly respected political reporter, Maxine McKew, in Tales from the Political Trenches, describes how...
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Free Ranging the Tarkine – An ATV Invasion
Given the recent controversy for the State Government’s intent to reopen some of the off road tracks in the Tarkine, it comes...
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World Heritage Desecration
Before the removal of the sign … After the removal of the sign … First standing tree cut … First standing tree...
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Rupert’s at it again …
JK Rowling condemns Murdoch’s tweet following Charlie Hebdo killings JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has condemned and mocked the...
