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1.2KNATION: The failure of The System …
*Pic: ‘Brains Trust: Hockey, Abbott, Bishop, Truss … As an experienced complex systems consultant, I cannot help but notice that our governments...
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Not the corporate miner we want …
The bare hills of Queenstown … caused by mining … From Ta Ann to Vedanta and Copper Mines of Tasmania (or Vedanta)...
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Discovering the Spirit of Tasmania …
Tim Holmes … The Holy Grail has already been claimed by the Welsh … Eager punters line up to get their book...
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Once-proud Rowitta is now an abandoned ship …
In her prime at Flagstaff Hill in 1999 – image “Fred” via Flickr Museums Victoria, Rowitta on the Tamar, circa 1922 See...
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Will the Homeless again be struggling … ?
Reflecting upon the arrival of another Winter in Tasmania, this question troubled me: Will the Homeless be again struggling to find adequate...
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Cherrytopia & Hipsteria …
I am a journalist from Finland, currently travelling in Tasmania. I am deeply impressed by this island and its people. I stayed...
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Australia no longer has a 2-party system …
Before I go on. Whilst I am commenting on all matters relating to psephology, in this case the rise of the Greens,...
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Footfalls echo in the memory …
Thomas Evan Whitton and the former Bernice Margaret Collopy with their sons Evan (left) and Richard. These companion pieces reflect the horror...
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Peter Jones: It’s also brave to stand for peace
As we approach the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and then the shift of focus to the Western Front, it is worth...
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TasWater concedes NE Tas water may have been contaminated for years. A Will … but no way?
*Pic: Professor Mark Taylor with corroding pipes believed to be the source of the contamination. Tasmania’s water authority has conceded that communities...
