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988Forestry: We were warned …
Tom Ellison, then finance writer for The Examiner, raised the alarm bells about Forestry Tasmania’s dismal performance in 2006. He wrote then...
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‘Underexposed’ Heritage Bill – Test of New Minister
Deep discontent is emerging from within the heritage sector at the lack of consultation surrounding the highly selective ‘exposure’ of the proposed...
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What price history?
Readers of Hobart’s Sunday newspaper were probably left bemused by a seemingly unrelated reference in a May 2 article on the threatened...
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Levee Line and Martial Law by Graeme Calder will be launched by Tasmanian writer Greg Lehman
MEDIA RELEASE Book launch – Levee Line and Martial Law by Graeme Calder -from Aboriginal Tasmania history series in Swansea, Saturday 15...
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Stop these damn old people’s jokes
OK … so I am pushing 80. Big deal. OK. so I take a bunch of pills each morning and if I...
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Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree (2)
The old oak tree issue at the Southern Outlet has opened up an interesting bit of history closely tied to the Hobart...
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Notes from the park
The question: why are the notes of that famous old song D’ye ken John Peel? wrought in iron at the entrance to...
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Integrity? What integrity!
There is sometimes a yawning gulf between what you can reasonably hope for, and what you realistically expect. The announcement of the...
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In David’s Name
Yes, and in honour of our first lieutenant-governor, David Collins, founder of Hobart, is St David’s Cathedral named, and the churches before...
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Amnesia reigns
We do not have to look far to find endorsement for Michael Tatlow’s verbal tap dance over Victoria turning a blind eye...
