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1.5KBut Where Is The Fox? Nine years on. Ivan Dean’s ‘great concern’
On September the 13th 2001 Eric Bosworth and his mate Scotty Geeves claim to have shot a fox on a Youl property...
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What ever happened to the Loony Left?
I had always wondered what happened to the loony left after the bodily remains of “don’t you worry about that” Joh Bjelke-Petersen...
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Gillard to weigh in on bypass
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is poised to intervene to stop the federally funded Brighton bypass being constructed over a world-significant Aboriginal site....
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (1): Gateways to Ageing
“Is that all there is? …then let’s have a ball if that’s all there is.” Peggy Lee Popular Singer 1964 Chapter One...
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The Secret World of Sarees
The traditional Indian saree is the synthesis of technology, science, art, agriculture, religion, philosophy and sustainability. Integrated flawlessly into a garment which...
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Chronicle 50: Bentley meets Sarah …
A story of journalism, once! Number 49 in a series of short stories by Don Knowler on his journalistic life and observations...
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As a gay man this pope annoys me. As an historian he now angers me …
In the last few hours speaking in Scotland ( BBC reports HERE ) the Pope has claimed that the holocaust was caused...
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Afghanistan: new US policy favours reconciliation
In an earlier paper ( HERE )it was suggested that US policy on Afghanistan had recently undergone a major change. Before looking...
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Are the Tasmanian Greens losing heart?
Federal Labor has paid a huge price for creating conflicts in Brand Labor before and during the election campaign. Here’s how Hugh...
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Tarkine National Heritage under threat
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust has called on the Australian Government to intervene to stop recreational vehicle users threatening the immense natural and...
