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924Be under no illusion: Malcolm Turnbull wants to destroy Australian literature
*Pic, Credit: CeBIT Australia. Source: Flickr http://bit.ly/1r1Eqw8 Speech given to the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney on 19 May The government’s...
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Tasmanian devil cancer research down a blind alley?
Scientists have been investigating a deadly disease afflicting the Tasmanian devil, a carnivorous marsupial on the verge of extinction due to what...
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First Day: June!
Paint mine ruins, The Fisheries, Coles Bay.
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The danger to health of cruise ships …
The Guardian has highlighted a major issue raised on Tasmanian Times on March 15 last year. And that is … the subject...
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How taxpayers are obliged to fund a racket
*Pic: Image from HERE Taxpayers pay the wages of judges, prosecutors and police and fund two legal systems. So far as I...
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Greg Hunt’s hollow boast about the Great Barrier Reef
“Under Labor, the Great Barrier Reef was on-track to be listed as ‘in danger’. It came off the ‘watch list’ under us”...
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Cassy O’Connor’s 2016-17 Budget Reply Speech
Madam Speaker, It gives me great pleasure to present the Tasmanian Greens’ fully costed alternative budget for 2016-17. It continues a long-standing...
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NATION: There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces a monthly set of unemployment figures based on an internationally sanctioned definition of unemployment. To...
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So, you want my vote? An open letter to all politicians
But what makes you think you’re worthy of it? Here is a brief list of why you’re not getting it: The biggest...
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Peter Brohier’s rebuttal …
*Pic: ABC’s pic of the Spirits … Politas – Can we hit the Brohier mute button? It has recently come to Peter...
