Tasmanian Times
Philosophy
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1.2KGillian Triggs has the right to criticise politicians’ use of power, says Labor
Human rights commissioner can target politicians for over-reaching ministerial power, Chris Bowen says, but MPs don’t have to agree with her Gillian...
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Drug Running, Executions and The Whole Damned Thing
*Pic: Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, Allah by Adam Kliczek, http://zatrzymujeczas.pl (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Over the last few months, we have witnessed an almost unprecedented campaign...
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Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse
Image from Deviant Art, here The naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, is a form of...
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STATE: Milne got results from minority pacts with both sides of politics
*Pic: Matthew Newton captures the real Christine Milne … Matthew Newton, http://matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/ … compared to Mercury pic here … Christine Milne, who...
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Christine Milne resigns …
Today Senator Christine Milne has resigned her position as Leader of the Australian Greens. Senator Milne informed the Party Room this morning...
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Leo: Mea Culpa …
*Pic: From Foxtel … Leo is hosting all opera, ballet and classical music programs on the new ARTS channel on Foxtel. Few...
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Indigenous City
Well, here we are … and there we were. Among it are a pair of feet tuned like unto eardrums to the...
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NATION: How they talk down to us …
Just when NSW’s election result appears clear and you hope for a break from it all, your TV is hijacked by explainers....
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All about women …
‘All About Women,’ the ABC’s maiden International Women’s Day all-women panel episode on Q&A screened 9 March was a disappointing disservice to...
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Play …
When did you last let yourself play? Not sport or games or politics. I mean play like children: inventing, creating, making or...
