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1.3KTasmania ditches defamation law changes after public backlash
*Pic: Matt Newton • Richard Griggs, Tasmanian Director of Civil Liberties Australia: Civil Liberties Australia (Tasmania) has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s decision...
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Freed Greste won’t be silent on jailed colleagues
*Pic: The way he was … Peter Greste, centre, in prison, with colleagues … Larnaca, Cyprus: Peter Greste looks out across the...
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Tony Abbott is ‘a very good captain …’
Tony Abbott is ‘a very good captain’ of a talented team. That was the message the PM gave ambulance-chasing reporters who came...
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At All Costs: The Dark Psychology Of Abbott Government Climate Policy
In a fitting irony, Tony Abbott is beginning 2015 amid a rapidly changing political climate. Dr Lissa Johnson explores the pyschology behind...
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Social and Economic Impact Study Report, The Federal Group
Download: http://cdn-src.tasmaniantimes.com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/HANNA%20-%20FEDERAL%20REPORT%20TO%20PROD.%20COMM.%20-%20MAY,%202014.pdf • Greg James, in Comments: This is a report that is misnamed. There is very little evidence provided and what...
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Fullers, Tailrace: The Rise and Fall of Gunns. Gunns sues state for half-a-mill
A reminder about the launches of WA academic, and former Tasmanian, Quentin Beresford’s book, The Rise and Fall of Gunns, which kick...
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Queensland vote rocks Abbott
The rout in Queensland is shocking news for Tony Abbott. It will terrify federal backbenchers and further destabilises his leadership. It puts...
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Companies suing critics. That’s the real enemy of free speech
*Pic: Heidi Lee Douglas, Defendant 5 There was moment in his political life when Philip Ruddock became a mini-hero. Within a short...
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Indonesian and World Hypocrisy on the Drugs Issue
*Pic: Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran behind bars in Bali cell … Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s new President, has said that he will...
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Australia under the spotlight in Human Rights Watch World Report 2015
AUSTRALIA has been named and shamed on a list of the world’s worst human rights offenders — but it’s not just our...
