Tasmanian Times
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820The Great Political Myth
Political myths are flourishing in the hothouse of Australia’s federal election campaign. Perhaps the most pervasive is that coalition, alliance governments, or...
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Rec Fishers and Environmentalists Unite To Call For Super Trawler Permanent Ban
Recreational fishing and environment groups today joined together to call for a permanent ban on super trawlers in Australia’s waters. The new...
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Loosing the Dogs of Xenophobia
“Human beings in particular cannot be discarded. They remain in some way to haunt us.” (Christopher Koch, Out of Ireland, 1999) It’s...
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Tasports wastes public money over breach of process
Tasmanian Greens Member for Bass Kim Booth MP questioning of Minister David O’Byrne today about the marine pilot debacle has revealed that...
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Tasmanian conservationists target Ta Ann on World Orangutan day. Ted Mead Picture Essay
Tasmanian conservationists marked the occasion of World Orangutan day today by demonstrating outside the head office of Ta Ann, a Sarawak logging...
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Nick Evers: Gentle, into that good night
Former Liberal Party Minister Nick Evers died following a long illness on 3 August 2013, aged 75. He was a wonderful writer;...
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Lessons from Love Canal: toxic expertise and environmental justice
August 7 marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Love Canal. Toxins were discovered in the area in 2011, and new residents have reported...
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Attributions to climate change
Emeritus Professor Tony Eggleton from the Research school of Earth Sciences at the ANU in Canberra asks the question, what can be...
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She’s prepared to put up with death threats and cheap jibes for a greater cause …
A new blog (Engaging Women) has been launched by award-winning journalist Martine Harte. See her latest interview with Jenny Weber of The...
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Free speech is not free activism
Richard Griggs writes an open letter [Open letter in support of free speech and reform in Tasmania, TT here] “…in support of...
