Tasmanian Times
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1.1KAbbott at the Press Club: A tin-pot General of open-market ideology …
Over the summer, I’ve been talking to hundreds of Australians from all walks of life – in the street, on the beach,...
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Fullers, Tailrace: The Rise and Fall of Gunns. Gunns sues state for half-a-mill
A reminder about the launches of WA academic, and former Tasmanian, Quentin Beresford’s book, The Rise and Fall of Gunns, which kick...
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Submission to Senate select committee inquiry into the Abbott government budget cuts
The Abbott Budgetary constraints are impacting on funding restrictions to the scope and application of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme...
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Queensland vote rocks Abbott
The rout in Queensland is shocking news for Tony Abbott. It will terrify federal backbenchers and further destabilises his leadership. It puts...
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Companies suing critics. That’s the real enemy of free speech
*Pic: Heidi Lee Douglas, Defendant 5 There was moment in his political life when Philip Ruddock became a mini-hero. Within a short...
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Indonesian and World Hypocrisy on the Drugs Issue
*Pic: Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran behind bars in Bali cell … Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s new President, has said that he will...
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Australia under the spotlight in Human Rights Watch World Report 2015
AUSTRALIA has been named and shamed on a list of the world’s worst human rights offenders — but it’s not just our...
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The Red Fox incursion into Tasmania …
Download … Inferring_the_Distribution_and_Demography_of_an_Invasive_Species_from_Sighting_Data_The_Red_Fox_Incursion_into_Tasmania_Jan2015.pdf
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (48)
*Pic: The great American environmentalist Aldo Leopold The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town...
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Chinese tourism and business development in Tasmania
This week a furniture designer/maker (one man business) had a visit from a ‘suit’ and a Chinese furniture maker. They both walked...
