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919NATION: Australian of the Year; Rosie Batty. Abbott mocked over Prince Philip … Tom Uren …
Rosie Batty has been named Australian of the Year for her campaign against family violence in an award ceremony that saw four...
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A request for the removal of an Eric Abetz ad
Tasmanian Times received the following letter from Walter Abetz, brother of Eric Abetz. Senator Abetz is Leader of the Government in the...
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Dear Eric Hutchinson …
Dear Eric Hutchinson, Federal Member for Lyons Drop this discriminatory co-payment idea now. We are taxpayers and we are already paying for...
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Building resilience in an era of limits to growth. Greece …
We are approaching many limits to growth over the next decades: Economic contraction, peak energy and geopolitical stress. Nicole Foss – Canadian...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (47)
*Pic: A black-headed honeyeater The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this...
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Saturday Soapbox: Council must ensure Huon plan meets its Waterloo
*Pic: Bob Hawkins’ pic of the Huon River at Waterloo Bay DENNIS Bewsher’s plan to change Waterloo Bay from public open space...
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Call for State and Uni to dump Taib Mahmud … and Ta Ann
*Pic: Abdul Taib Mahmud … Five years after Sarawak Report first exposed Taib Mahmud’s questionable links with Adelaide University, the university’s Vice-Chancellor...
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Call for Alternative Australia Day Date
Political leaders need to be serious about moving Australia Day to a date other than the 26th of January if they are...
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Nyrstar and State Government in talks over ‘hand-up financing’
A $500 million deal between the South Australian Government and minerals giant Nyrstar appears to be a catalyst for the company’s approach...
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Tasmanian achievement a matter of national pride
Australian Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne is congratulating fellow Tasmanian Rodney Croome on his courageous and persistent activism for gay rights and...
