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1.1KAustralia must change the way it generates wealth
*Pic: Image from here Australia’s future prosperity is at stake as old ways of generating wealth continue to stall. In a resource-constrained...
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Two of Us: A beautiful love story …
*Pic: Janie Barratt’s brilliant picture … capturing … a love affair … Evan Whitton, 87, is journalistic royalty. A five-time Walkley Award...
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The philosophy of giving
Toby Ord is an Australian-born philosopher at Oxford University who as a student, worked out he could give away two-thirds of his...
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HVC: $80,000 to review a hall; $10,000 to review a council …
Huon Valley Council 2015 … Mayor Coad seated, second-left … The people of the Huon Valley had been denied the opportunity of...
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NATION: Gina Rinehart, Barnaby Joyce slammed for ‘extraordinary’ actions during trust case
*Pic: ABC pic of Gina Rinehart and Natalie Joyce at a Barnaby election party … Gina Rinehart’s son John Hancock has taken...
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RFA: We are concerned by the lack of openness …
Comment on the third five-year review of the Tasmanian RFA was due today but has just been extended. 1. The public submission...
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What’s next for tobacco control? A smoke-free generation
Each year 60,000 Australians and millions throughout the world die from cigarette smoking. One billion people are projected to die of tobacco-related...
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Following Ireland down the path to equality
*Satire: Irish Times’ cartoonist Martyn Turner’s take ( http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner ) was published in this morning’s newspaper. Toon used with permission. “Iona” is...
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Fish deaths leave questions about Macqaurie Harbour oxygen levels unanswered
*Pic: of Macquarie Harbour Greens spokesperson for Fisheries, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the salmon deaths in Macquarie Harbour....
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NATION: Abbott’s boatload of accountability
Accountability is the cornerstone of good government. It ensures answerability, a readiness to explain itself; to provide sufficient information and justification to...
