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• History

  Why ‘sorry’ matters

  Rodney Croome When should we say ‘sorry’? Doing wrong may not be enough to warrant an apology because that wrong may not...

• Politics

  Turning a leaden Tasmania back into gold

  Rodney Croome Under former strongman premiers like Eric Reece or Robin Gray a pulp mill might have masked all this. Like dams...

• Coroner & Legal

  Shredding the Anti-Discrimination Act?

  Rodney Croome WILL A review of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act, possibly to be released this coming week, recommend an exemption allowing religious...

• Politics

  How homophobic are we?

  Rodney Croome In social terms, Tasmania’s embrace of her sons and daughters is as fierce as her rejection. Both are quite unpredictable,...

• National

  Love and marriage

  Wayne Morgan Online Opinion While criticising the Rudd Government for opposing the “ceremonial aspects” of the ACT’s civil partnership law, Carol Johnson...

• National

  Gay role model

  Rodney Croome TGLRG MR March 11, 2008 GAY RIGHTS advocates have called Tasmanian-born TV star, Jaason Simmons, a role model for young...

• National

  A step beyond

  Rodney Croome Myths of love and power: why Tasmania’s relationship registry isn’t a substitute for same-sex marriage but a step beyond it...

• Education

  Catholic move blasted

  Rodney Croome The new direction of Catholic education raises many questions. For example, who defines “Catholic”? Will students be turned away because...

• Politics

  Not so happy feet

  Rodney Croome In short then, Penguin lies on the fault line in Tasmanian identity. Whenever the tectonic plates we call the old...

• Politics

  The Faeroe sex decision

  Rodney Croome The Parliament of the Faeroe Islands (a semi-autonomous Danish dependency) has voted to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual...