Tasmanian Times
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796Vandemonian Dreaming
Image: ‘Clydes Island’, an oil painting by Kim Peart, completed on Sunday 28th April 1996 in one of the old shops in...
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Same sex please, we’re British
Same sex please, we’re British. Britannia Rules! Let’s fly the same sex Union Jack in solidarity! Britain’s Conservative Government passes a Bill...
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A Deeper Level of Denial
The denial of science can be seen among creationists, where belief is more valid than truth. In a similar way, the denial...
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Solution to the Tasmanian Fox Saga
I am a field-zoologist and wildlife management consultant based in Melbourne. I am an active member of a Victorian country-based Fox-drive group...
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Burke’s listing fails to deliver protection for the Tarkine
Pic: Nicole Anderson The Tarkine National Coalition has condemned Minister Burke’s announcement of a miniscule National Heritage Listing for the Tarkine is...
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The Great Dry
Certainly one of the most esteemed people in Tasmania’s history would be Sir Richard Dry. A philanthropist, he was a humane and...
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Magdalene laundries: Ireland accepts state guilt in scandal
Ireland has officially recognised the state’s guilt in the “enslavement” of more than 30,000 women, most of whom were sent against their...
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The hope Jon West rejects
Rodney Croome pic from ABC Pic of Jonathan West I grew up loathing my Tasmanianess. The place seemed marginal, mediocre and without...
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Democratic hemlock: saving earth from our animal selves
“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster, what chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy. Judge of...
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So did I
ABC pic of Jan Davis I know many of you automatically tune out when someone mentions forestry in Tasmania. I understand that...
