Max Atkinson - Tasmanian Times

Law, morality and the legacy of HLA Hart

Rembrandt, Two old men disputing 1628, National Gallery of Victoria HLA Hart Evan Whitton, former editor of the National Times, is a...

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Coroner & Legal

Essendon besieged

The hounds have been baying at Essendon for months but it is still a surprise to see the confidence with which sports...

Reason and unreason on same-sex marriage 7

Reason and unreason on same-sex marriage 8

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Coroner & Legal

Reason and unreason on same-sex marriage

On September 19th, the day on which the same-sex marriage bill failed in the federal Parliament, Liberal front bencher Cory Bernardi was...

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National

In Julie Bishop’s World

The blind leading the blind, 1568.Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Capodimonte Museum. In mid-December Liberal Party Deputy Leader Julie Bishop complained in Online...

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History

Reason and passion on Israel

Labor MP and long-time Israel supporter Michael Danby thinks it is wrong for Foreign Minister Bob Carr to oppose Prime Minister Gillard’s...

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Democracy Tasmania

Edmund Burke on politicians

Theories about the duty of politicians are important because they affect the lives of citizens. Upper House Member Tania Rattray said she...

The duty of politicians to principles, not mob rule 16

The duty of politicians to principles, not mob rule 17

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Coroner & Legal

The duty of politicians to principles, not mob rule

Member for Apsley: Tania Rattray-Wagner We may never know how many Tasmanian politicians voted against same-sex marriage because they agree with the...