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866Prison smoking bans deter crime
August 30, 2010: When the Isle of Man banned smoking in prisons the crime rate reportedly dropped, because apparently criminals don’t want...
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Centenary of Powered Flight in Tasmania
Delfosse Badgery with his French Caudron biplane. Part of this image was used in the Tasmanian Mail story of 17 September 1914....
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Forestry Tasmania changes course on Bruny Island
Spirit of Bruny’s efforts to persuade Forestry Tasmania not to harvest coupes within a future reserve, established by the Tasmanian Forests Agreement...
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Sunny uplands
Alternative energy will no longer be alternative Rebranding is always a tricky exercise, but for one field of technology 2013 will be...
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Andrew Mellon and the lessons for Australia
By January 1932 Andrew Mellon had been Secretary of the American Treasury for 11 years. His was an unelected external appointment to...
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An Australian Peregrine
Exactly 95 years ago today one of Australia’s greatest sons lost his life on the Western Front. While this was just one...
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Corruption in the Chancery Court
This is the eighth extract from Our Corrupt Legal System: Why Everyone Is A Victim (Except Rich Criminals) by legal historian Evan...
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Monsanto: Russia warns Obama
The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting this past week with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the Russian leaders...
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Countless millions of sawlog tonnes smashed, chipped, wasted …
Kim Booth with the log piles taken from Burnie wharf which produced the local saw-milled product. … at taxpayers’ expense … SAWMILL...
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The Question of Bass Strait
What’s wrong with sea access across Bass Strait? Federal equalisation schemes exclude the fair transport of people, many vehicles and about half...
