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1.1KEconomyCan a hydro-power industry and a high quality tourist trout fishery ever co-exist?
I have been trout fishing the Tasmanian Central Plateau since I was a kid and for most of that time I have...
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1.0KHistory
Wise old Mother Nature is absolutely indifferent to the human condition …
*Pic: View from the top of the Australian memorial at Villers Bretonneux, the Somme … Charles Wooley … 60 Minutes I was...
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1.1KEconomy
Magna Carta, Waterloo … not so important after all … ?
King John signs the Magna Carta … Charles Wooley in 60 Minutes mode Two important anniversaries happened this month but if historical...
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910Economy
Tasmania … 350 snouts in one small electoral trough …
Charles Wooley, 60 Minutes I know I call it ‘Little Cuba’, but on the basis of numbers alone, our small island might...
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910History
The Big Bang Theory
Charles Wooley, 60 Mins Something had triggered my seasonal alarm clock. The night was still, but intensely cold and dark and it...
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1.7KEconomy
Disasters …
Charles Wooley Why do you think it is, that seemingly the most wretchedly disadvantaged people on earth are also those most frequently...
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1.1KEconomy
The Super-Ministry of Fish ‘n Chips …
*Pic: The original super trawler Margiris (later Abel Tasman) … banned! Charles Wooley, 60 Minutes mode … It’s my understanding with this...
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910Opinion
They are too busy writing badly to read well …
Charles Wooley From my youth I remember that the longest Australian books written came from a cantankerous, whiskery old outback warrior, named...
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1.2KHistory
Ella … and the story that created our nation …
*Pic: Ella and bemused bub Charlie … Charles Wooley … as a charming little tacker … Charles Wooley … as 60 Minutes...
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973Arts
Deceptions and such pranks are fun though …
Image from here I’m a fairly trusting bloke but only after I’ve exhausted all the possibilities of chicanery, deception and perfidy, commonly...
