Tasmanian Times
Economy
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937Where the rot begins
( Drawing together threads from papers on party unity, conscience votes and Edmund Burke’s theory of political duty. ) The idea is...
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Medic alert in Cygnet
Huon Valley Guessing Games When you see a quarter-page ad in the Cygnet & Channel Classifieds (February 20) predicting a “bright future...
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A Government Funded Forestry Legacy
A Government Funded Forestry Legacy … In the meantime the forests burn … “The area burned by bushfires in Tasmania could be...
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World Heritage mockery … An act of real bastardry
A response to Richard Colbeck’s World Heritage mockery here, here, here, here, here, and here This Ringworm on the scalp of our...
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Honest Government not on the election agenda for the Major Parties
None of the incumbent MPs standing for re-election in the March state election responded to Tasmanians for Transparency’s candidate survey on a...
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Things aren’t that bad …
There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect,...
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More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary
Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...
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Big majority sick of forest war
MORE than 90 per cent of Tasmanians are sick of the conflict over native forestry and support an agreement to end it,...
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Tasmanian political leaders face off in televised debate
Tasmania’s next leader … ? The Tasmanian Premier has joined the Liberal Leader in urging Tasmanians to ignore the minor parties. Lara...
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Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String
In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...
