Tasmanian Times
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947A nervous 24 hours …
Image from here Australia’s Prime Minister for the time being, the feckless and friendless, ‘Toxic’ Tony Abbott who almost single-handedly has achieved...
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Former corruption commissioner fears for the future of good governance
On the eve of tomorrow’s Queensland election … Reporter: The man who headed the Commission of Inquiry into corruption in Queensland politics...
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The serious jeopardy of the Rockliff plan …
Tasmanian Year 11 and 12 students will be seriously jeopardised by Minister Jeremy Rockliff’s plans to abolish the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (TQA)...
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Unlocking the potential of Industrial Hemp (Not!)
The Liberal Government has a long-term Plan to grow the value of our agricultural produce tenfold by 2050 to strengthen the economy...
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TasNetworks $1.65 billion debt Shock
The Treasurer must detail exactly how Tas Networks will pay off their $1.65 billion debt if his assertion that Tasmanian power consumers...
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Abbott, Credlin, Murdoch …
His knighting of the Duke in the Australia Day honours list provided final proof to an astonished world that Australia’s beleaguered Prime...
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Hicks, Brandis, Guantanomo … and fear
“Hey, my name is David Hicks,” he shouted, as Senator Brandis wrapped up his address at a Human Rights Awards function. “I...
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Hobart Baroque? No. Brisbane Baroque
Leo Schofield’s renowned baroque music festival ‒ which began in Hobart but was refused adequate funding by the Tasmanian Premier ‒ has...
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Something in the Water … An urgent need to re-evaluate
*Pic: ABC of Dr Alison Bleaney and Dr Marcus Scammell at the George River … In Feb 2010 Bleaney and Scammell released...
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More pie-in-the-sky in The Huon?
Huon Valley Guessing Games Cargo-cultism — from time immemorial a chronic tribal condition found mostly in what are termed undeveloped or developing...
