Tasmanian Times
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879Selling state assets is ideology rather than logic
Pic: State asset: Hydro’s Gordon dam Privatisation: Broader issues Privatising public assets is back on the agenda with Treasurer Hockey reigniting the...
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The Lives of Brian
For six years I sat within meters of the late Senator Brian Harradine. Along with a few Greens and One Nation, the...
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The Mass Mobilization of Populations
Image from Snoopman … which also has Lorde’s censored speech on corporatized totalitarianism : https://snoopman.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/lordegrammyspeech.pdf Shaping corporate totalitarianism out of democratic ideas...
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Much learning does not teach understanding
Polumathie noon ou didaskei. Heraclitus (DK B40) Much learning does not teach understanding, else it would have taught Hesiod and Pythagoras; and...
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MH 370 debris … ? Just as John Hawkins predicted on TT … ?
Debris washed up on the coast of Western Australia, have raised hopes it may be from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370:...
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Nicholas of Cusa and the Instruction of Ignorance
On a slow boat journey from Constantinople to Venice in the early 15th century, scholar and papal diplomat Nicholas of Cusa set...
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Whither the Liberal Conscience?
Some observers would be surprised to see Senator George Brandis in conflict with leaders of ethnic and religious communities – including Greek,...
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Liz Smith – Why I’m standing for the Legislative Council as an independent
Attorney-General, Vanessa Goodwin, an MLC and member of the Liberal Party … Liz Smith wonders what (suspended-sentence) policy Ms Goodwin would support...
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The Politically Corrupting Bottle
Wait a minute! Hold on! Just a second! Being a ‘nice guy’ should be meaningless in the world of politics. Big Pollies...
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As Tony Abbott puts the Budget together, he is being haunted by statements of campaigns past
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott’s own words are nagging him as he prepares for ruthless pruning in his first Budget. The night before...
