Tasmanian Times
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1.1KCry, my beautiful country: Barnaby’s shameful legacy to the lifeblood of Australia
Pic: Murrumbidgee, Murray – Darling Basin. Public Domain photography Pedro Szekely’s Flickr pic of an Australian coastline … as Lyndall says: ‘I...
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Sweltering summers – the face of things to come …
First published November 23 Bored of the tedious cool winters in Tasmania? Thinking about packing up and migrating north? Well beware! New...
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‘Community Health underfunded by $84 million’
First published November 21 The Tasmanian government spent $84 million less on out-of-hospital health care in 2015-16 than other states, a new...
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The mess we’re now in: The leaked TASSAL document …
*Pic: Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour. Rodtuk, Flickr First published November 17 Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (20:10): I rise this evening to talk...
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Forestry Tasmania’s demise in detail: Billion Dollar Loss
*Pic: Logging in Catamaran at the height of Forestry Tasmania’s assault. Pic: Daniel Haley First published November 15 Forestry Tasmania’s slide from...
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Celebrating diversity …
In Hobart this week was the Greens national conference with delegates and members from all over the country coming together to work...
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Geoffrey Dyer’s genius …
Road to Lake Dobson Richard Flanagan and his mate Geoffrey Dyer Geoffrey Dyer at the opening … Lake Repulse incident (2) Geoffrey...
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The 1821 Macquarie Bicentenary …
*Pic: by Kim Peart of the Ross Bridge, with the Uniting Church on the hill. IMAGE: Gov. Lachlan Macquarie, Lady Macquarie and...
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‘5000 Tasmanian households go without meals each year …’
Energy costs are one of the most significant strains on a household budget. Many Tasmanians live with high levels of financial stress...
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EXTRACT: The ignoble end …
Pic: Front cover of the book, just released … Labor’s decision not to negotiate with the Greens to form government in 1996...
