Tasmanian Times
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1.2KShe wore frumpy clothes …
She wore frumpy clothes. Her teeth needed straightening. She was very insecure, she believed what everyone said about her, admitting she was...
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Michael Ware’s war record
“It’s not over,” Michael Ware told me in December 2003. “It is only the beginning.” We were drinking in the front bar...
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UTAS Launceston move to Inveresk a ‘great deception’
*Pics: UTAS Launceston campus, and Dr Michael Powell, below … Dr Michael Powell, History lecturer at UTAS Launceston, has broken ranks with...
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‘Retribution and familial links in the Valley …’
Comment on this Bob Hawkins’ article HERE I have kept a low profile in this ongoing debate however I applaud Trish for...
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I am dumbstruck …
I am dumbstruck, a bit like this pterodactyl. Driving down my only access road to my home this afternoon I am confronted...
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TLC’s Jane Hutchinson shortlisted for the Tasmanian Australian of the Year Award
*Pic: Jane Hutchinson at the The Big Punchbowl Reserve. Pic Matt Newton: http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/ Jane Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Land...
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Closing down FOI: a case study in sneaky government
*Graphic: From here In a year and a half the Abbott government managed, in practice, to undo the painstaking reforms of the...
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Is the Fox guarding the Forestry ‘Chook House’?
When the appointed auditor of compliance for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification is paid by the timber management company (Forico) and Forico...
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STATE: Greens Move to Defer Planning Bill … Defeated. The Groom entitlement? Backroom deals?
*Graphic: Aberdeen City Council here The Greens will move to defer the bill that enables a statewide planning scheme until the government...
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TPP and Tasmania’s GMO moratorium. Corporates can sue. What we don’t know. Positive to Libs
As mentioned on Monday Oct. 5 on the ABC’s morning program, the Federal Government is in the final rounds of approving Australia’s...
