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2.3KConcerns about UPC Renewables Transmission Line
There are clearly various perspectives on this issue. Tasmanian Times welcomes other interested parties to submit their point of view as either...
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Pingers, Pingas, Pingaz: How Drug Slang Affects the Way we Use and Understand Drugs
Tasmania is still in party mode with events like Party in the Paddock, Fractangular and more. The issue of pill testing is...
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Out Out Damned Phone! – Schools Ban Mobiles, Part 2
Part 2: Analysing the School Context In Part 1 I looked at the main issues around mobile phone usage in schools. In this...
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1.9KLooking for Economic Prosperity without Growth
The only way for humanity to solve its environmental problems may be to abandon our quest for continual economic expansion. It’s time...
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William Champ, Tasmania’s First Premier
William Champ was born on 15th April 1808 in Essex in England. After receiving an education at the Royal Military College in...
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Out Out Damned Phone! – Schools Ban Mobiles, Part 1
Tasmanian Times spoke to Labor’s Shadow Minister for Education, Josh Willie, about the mobile phone ban. Do you ever use your mobile...
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What’s All the Buzz About Bees of Australia?
See details of upcoming screenings of How To Bee at State Cinema, Hobart and Star Theatre, Invermay. Bees – they are the...
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John Watt Beattie, Tas Landscape Photography Pioneer
John Watt Beattie was a pioneering Tasmanian photographer. He captured images of many places around the island more than a century before...
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Is Tasmania Immune from Climate Change?
In 2019 every continent was hit by climate change. The world saw wildfires, drought, exceptionally strong storms, permafrost thawing at an accelerating...
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Private Developments in National Parks
I have lived in Tasmania for 40 years and as a bushwalker and nature lover, I have often enjoyed my visits to...
