Tasmanian Times
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1.7K‘Old Chook’ Retirement solution
The therapy sessions grew in intensity and numbers as the percentage of my aged patients swelled. In my professional years as a...
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My Tasmanian political hero: Andrew Inglis Clark
Ask me for a Tasmanian political hero, and I’d say Andrew Inglis Clark (above). Clark may not be a household name. But...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (32)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Does Fairness Matter … ?
*Pic: It’s pre-Budget … and Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann enjoy a quiet cigar … Perhaps the most striking...
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Franklin: A right pickle on the Petty Sessions’ foreshore
Just a name, or a claim to ownership? So who cops the insurance risk? The unapproved jetty at Franklin All that the...
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Australia’s Empty Houses …
“The home, built in 1857, had been unoccupied for years”, said the report of a dilapidated Victorian-era mansion in Sydney’s Balmain East....
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World War III. Or, A Night at the Opera House
Background. In 1983, I happened to live two doors from Jim Boyce, a Rugby international well-known for scoring six tries against a...
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The rich list absentee landowners behind Tassie anti-wind farm campaign
Two non-resident multimillionaires are behind a slick ad campaign against a wind farm on King Island, off the coast of Tasmania, Crikey...
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Bitter Harvest … ignorance in Tasmania
Leunig, with permission http://www.leunig.com.au/ Niqab, top, Brett Whiteley, above, and Jacqui Lambie, below Burqa Hijab Something ugly is happening in Australia. I...
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This is an important moment in the life of Spring Bay Mill
Dear Friends and Supporters, This is an important moment in the life of Spring Bay Mill. The team has really valued your...
