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878Indonesia’s Marty Natalegawa says asylum seeker lifeboat plan a ‘slippery slope’
Indonesia’s foreign minister Marty Natalegawa has indicated that Australia could be going further than turning boats back, by potentially facilitating the movement...
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Sue Neill-Fraser: the sentencing, blow by blow
I may be unlearned in law, a lay man, but I don’t think I’m an intellectually lame man. I have been looking...
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Call to suspend oversight of police complaints
Tasmanians for Transparency have called on the Attorney-General Brian Wightman and Police Minister David O’Byrne to suspend all investigations underway by Tasmania...
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GMO: We supported a continuation of the existing moratorium; Merc, TC columns …
Someone famous once said ‘life wasn’t meant to be easy’; and that’s spot on the money. It clearly wasn’t meant to be...
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Conflict of interest in the ACCC and its possible affect on Tasmania
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the independent Commonwealth statutory authority whose role is to enforce the Competition and Consumer...
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The real reason behind the whaling backflip
The Federal Government has chosen to use the ACV Ocean Protector to defend against a faux threat to the north, rather than...
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Amazing Scenes: Adventures of a Reptile of the Press (1)
Amazing Scenes: Adventures of a Reptile of the Press (The Fairfax Library, 1987) is a collection of Evan Whitton’s journalism. @EvanWhitton1. Willy-nilly,...
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Ungagged, will Cassy O’Connor fess up on Rosebery fiasco?
Now that Premier Lara Giddings is about to remove the gag from the Greens, will Cassy O’Connor finally reveal the Greens’ position...
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Study links wildfire smoke exposure to reduced immune system function
10-day episode of wildfire smoke in 2008 offers unexpected research opportunity Sacramento — An ARB-funded study at the California National Primate Research...
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Integrity comes from within – but it also needs to be seen from outside
I agree that Tasmania needs an independent watchdog. Only with an external independent perspective will it have the ability to challenge the...
