Tasmanian Times
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930Where the rot begins
( Drawing together threads from papers on party unity, conscience votes and Edmund Burke’s theory of political duty. ) The idea is...
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A Government Funded Forestry Legacy
A Government Funded Forestry Legacy … In the meantime the forests burn … “The area burned by bushfires in Tasmania could be...
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World Heritage mockery … An act of real bastardry
A response to Richard Colbeck’s World Heritage mockery here, here, here, here, here, and here This Ringworm on the scalp of our...
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Things aren’t that bad …
There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect,...
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Five Ideas That May Change How You Think About Privacy
TED, NPR and The Huffington Post are teaming up to explore the state of privacy today. Listen here
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For women’s organisations, a historic step forward towards gender equality …
[Brussels, 26 February 2014] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) warmly welcomes the vote of the European Parliament today which recognises that prostitution...
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More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary
Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...
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Big majority sick of forest war
MORE than 90 per cent of Tasmanians are sick of the conflict over native forestry and support an agreement to end it,...
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Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String
In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...
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Howes set to profit from Gunns debt. Gay bid. Tailrace
MERRICK Howes’s purchase of the debt of bankrupt Tasmanian timber company Gunns may turn out to be one of New York-based Anchorage...
