Tasmanian Times
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1.6KSaul Eslake’s ‘vision’ for Tasmania in 2050
I was approached recently by the Australia Institute to posit my ideas for my island home taking a serious and long-term view,...
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NATION: Neither budget mania nor Macron mania divert the Coalition’s war on the poor
First published May 9 Australia is seized by budget mania. Abuzz. Agog. But after weeks of frenzied expectation, leaks and speculation, relief...
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Budget 2018: ‘Nice for some … but a good Budget …
*Pic: First Dog on the Moon’s Budget 2018 HERE … would be more than some election sweeteners … The Federal Budget is...
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The Mercury … and energy
The Mercury – which bills itself as the Voice of Tasmania – seems to have left its tongue somewhere in NSW or...
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The Talented Mr Michael Ferguson: Onward Christian Soldiers
First published May 3 In his election pamphlet Michael Ferguson made his usual claim for “Christian” values and moral “integrity” before the...
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‘Cuts to Federal Environmental staff will see the extinction of Tasmanian species’
*Pic: Grey Goshawk. All Pics are ©Eric Woehler, BirdLife Tasmania. Wedge-tailed Eagle. Swift Parrot Black-browed Albatross The proposed cuts of 30% of...
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Climate Change – Teller told us so!
*Pic: Physicist Edward Teller pointing at a formula on a blackboard on 22 May 1968. Photograph: STF/AFP In 1959 Hungarian born Physicist...
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First Day … May …
*Pic: The striking iridescent blue of the Mycena interrupta Tarkine Fungi: Now is the moment to get amidst it all! Celebrate the...
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Sue Hickey: ‘You are in the Liberal Party, not the Labor Party’
First published May 2 Will Hodgman’s look of shock in Parliament was stark proof that he had forgotten LBJ’s salty aphorism about...
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Teen Challenge Tasmania’s #NotEvenOnce® … Not ever!
While fighting the flawed process which shoe-horned fundamentalist Christian organization Teen Challenge Tasmania (TCT) into the closed primary school in Meander, MARRA...
