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‘Not in Australia’s interest’: Ban the Bomb vigil …

*Pic: Cassy O’Connor MHA, decried the fact that the Australian Government has sent no representative to the UN treaty negotiation and when...

Who runs politics? The Dead Camel Party? The Shitters’ Party? 4

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Who runs politics? The Dead Camel Party? The Shitters’ Party?

First published June 16 Taxpayers fund the legal system and pay the wages of judges, prosecutors, court officials, and long-suffering detectives. It...

A dim (re)view of Tasmanian Yrs9-12 education 7

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A dim (re)view of Tasmanian Yrs9-12 education

First published June 12 In July 2016 the Tasmanian Government commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to undertake an independent...

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Open letter to David Walsh …

I have spent the past 13 years speaking with the Tasmanian public and Tasmanian students about farm animals. Speaking about their emotions...

Just Incredible ... the $70 million payout ... 13

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Just Incredible … the $70 million payout …

*Pic: Flickr, global panorama … Incredibly, it has cost the Federal Liberal Government $70 million in compensation to more than 1900 asylum...

Just who is a 'proper stakeholder' Minister Frydenberg ... ? 16

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Just who is a ‘proper stakeholder’ Minister Frydenberg … ?

Given that a “stakeholder” was the person who held the money/stake in a bet, the term has something of a ambiguous history...

Lilydale Water Supply: correcting a $7m error ... 19

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Lilydale Water Supply: correcting a $7m error …

*Pic: Map from Forest Practices Plan MJF0189. Rocky Creek water intake red star left. First published June 12 In 2009 the well-known...

Theresa May's rout sends message to Turnbull's government of slogans, secrets and lies ... 22

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Theresa May’s rout sends message to Turnbull’s government of slogans, secrets and lies …

*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner – See more at: http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/weblog/article/nation-trumps-paris-exit-spells-real-trouble-for-turnbull/#sthash.eg9Za4bh.dpuf Stunned by what the press insists is a...