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Politics
‘Bogans’ are the most important catalyst for social change
RODNEY CROOME Jane Rankin-Reid hits the nail on the head. Why have our political leaders remained silent on this issue? For that...
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Opinion
The bogan undercurrent (2)
RODNEY CROOME The two instructive points here are, 1. sections of Tasmanian society have not benefitted from the island’s recent economic progress...
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Education
Convicts and education
RODNEY CROOME What we’re seeing here, driving the common human failing of inconsistency, is the equally common failing of conceit. We legitimise...
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History
Break the habit
Rodney Croome It is an all-too-Tasmanian habit to believe we can transcend our history. The very name “Tasmania” was meant to wipe...
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Opinion
Strengthen inclusion
Rodney Croome Concern over gay exclusion from social inclusion strategy. Call to strengthen inclusion in Commissioner’s roleTASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP...
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Politics
Part of the solution, rather than the problem
Rodney Croome http://www.rodneycroome.id.au/weblog On Tuesday, Assistant Tasmanian Police Commissioner, Steve Bond, launched a new publicity program ( Here ) for TasPol’s LGBT...
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Opinion
The Salamanca Apology
Tonight’s HCC Salamanca Market arrest apology: Here’s the latest ABC radio news story http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2443118.htm Here’s the apology http://tglrg.org/more/401_0_1_0_M/ Here’s Rodney Croome’s formal...
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Article
Young Einstein
Rodney Croome The island which shaped him, meanwhile, is dismissed as ignorant of his talents, and too flawed and conflicted to meet...
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Arts
A one-sided protrayal of Tasmania
Rodney Croome WHEN Brant Webb and Todd Russell emerged from the gold mine that almost became their grave, they were hailed “great...
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National
The Anti-Discrimination Act: why it’s important and how it’s threatened
Rodney Croome Ever since the Anti-Discrimination Act was passed it has been slowly whittled away. Within three years of the Act’s passage,...
