Tasmanian Times
Knowledge
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1.1KNine must-ride trips for cyclists
(CNN)The magic of the open road, trail or mountain has long captured the imaginations of cyclists, whether they are professional riders or...
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How to save the Planet … and Humankind
The world’s nations will meet at the UN in Paris on December to continue dialogue on “How to save the Planet and...
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How Mohammad Nasim Najafi died in a detention centre
Two weeks after being beaten and placed in a solitary cell, asylum seeker Mohammad Nasim Najafi was dead. These were his last...
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A history of Hydro
Going back to the Seventies and the early 80’s I recall Hydro Tasmania media statements saying water levels in the state’s dams...
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Obama’s flexible fix to climate change as dirty power dominates in Oz
For many years I used to spend part of the summer in the gorgeous Laurentides region of Quebec, an hour west of...
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Why has Scandinavia got it right and we haven’t?
Recently I spent some time in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Apart from being mightily impressed by the scenery, natural and man-made, I...
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Increasingly, we can’t trust journalists to decipher finance
In the fallout of the 2008 global financial crisis, the financial media were criticised for failing to fulfil a watchdog role, for...
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Australia’s relentless corporate welfare to Malaysian logging company as new forest mill opens
*Pic: Ta Ann logging in Sarawak. Pic by Mattihias Klum Bob Brown Foundation’s Campaign Manager Jenny Weber has expressed alarm for Tasmania’s...
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NATION: All this bullshit has gone too far …
I’m a calm, reasonable man, don’t make a fuss, don’t ruffle feathers or even pull the wings off butterflies, but this bullshit...
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Misconduct alleged at Senate inquiry into forestry investment schemes
*Pic: John Lawrence will be speaking at this forum on Sunday The chairman of a Senate inquiry into forestry managed investment schemes...
