Tasmanian Times
Economy
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833$1 bet limits: I’m already on board. The Greens Policy
I strongly support, and have long supported, $1 bet limits and $500 jackpot restrictions on poker machines. It was my preferred position...
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Madam Premier: It is Time to Act
The Hon. Lara Giddings Premier of Tasmania Parliament House Hobart 20th July 2013 Dear Premier, Bass Strait — a matter that makes...
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Lurch Beyond Brutopia. The Manus Whistleblower …
Back in November 2006 Kevin Rudd wrote an article for The Monthly titled Howard’s Brutopia, in which he contrasted his own “social...
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Dud DAFF report demonstrates need for animal welfare office. Farmer’s guilt
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has condemned the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s report into the 2012 Pakistan sheep...
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Mine’s impact on Tasmanian devil. Why is Shree Minerals a Protected Species?
Departmental advice tendered in evidence during Save the Tarkine’s successful Federal Court challenge to the Commonwealth approval of Shree Minerals’ Nelson Bay...
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Right To Information denied on Savage River mine tailings dam spill
On 31st May this year the Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network submitted a Right To Information (RTI) application to the Department...
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The false dichotomy of clearfell or reserve must be abandoned. Vica Bayley on free speech.
German forest scientist, Professor Andreas Rothe, has injected some much needed rationality and clarity of vision into discussions regarding the future of...
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FBT hysteria
Hysteria from interest groups whenever governments announce plans to trim handouts usually indicates an absence of suitable contra arguments. Government plans to...
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Jesus weeps, Bishop tells Rudd
The head of the Anglican Church in Tasmania has told the Prime Minister “Jesus weeps” over his PNG asylum seeker plans. The...
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An open letter to …
Dear Aurora Energy, I owe you money. Lots of it. Never denied it……. I know I don’t really have a good history...
