Tasmanian Times
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903Divestment from fossil fuels, an important health measure?
Divestment. Everyone’s talking about it. From President Obama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the International Energy Agency and Professor Lord Stern. The...
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Developing new gas fields could hurt the Tasmanian economy. The Yes Minister moment
The Tasmanian Climate Action Council today urged the Government to act with great caution around the extraction of so-called ‘unconventional’ natural gases,...
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Former Director of Prisons still seeks Justice
The removal of Barry Greenberry from his 5-year contract position as Director of Prisons, was again on public display this weekend. Tasmania’s...
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Another live export disaster
A new coalition government has pledged to apologise to the Indonesians for the all-too-short 5 week suspension of live cattle exports two...
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More than 20,000 dolphins are slaughtered: How you can help
In November 2013, Angela and Natalie will be traveling to Taiji, Japan to stand vigil as part of Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian’s...
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Coalition must deliver on Tamar health
The Tasmanian Greens Member for Bass Kim Booth has written to the newly elected Federal Member for Bass, Andrew Nikolic, seeking a...
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Sydney analyst Trent Martin faces five years’ jail after insider training guilty plea
AUSTRALIAN financial research analyst Trent Martin faces a five-year prison sentence in the US after pleading guilty to an insider trading scandal...
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Geniuses predict how the world will end, and how to avoid it
FOR decades Hollywood has been making films about the end of the world and how, sometimes, plucky humans manage to avert it....
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Truth-defeating devices
This is the 21th extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp. The story so far. Justice Russell...
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Julia Gillard: losing power ‘hits you like a fist’
Former prime minister reveals grief, pain and regret over losing power, and issues fierce defence of her time in office in article...
