Tasmanian Times
Environment
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3.3KDamn, dash, bother … !
Damn, dash, bother! Couldn’t plunge into the icy Derwent this year … ’cause I’d forgotten I had to register for The Solstice...
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Trump pisses on the Statue of Liberty …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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‘I’m nearly 100, I saw 1945 refugee crisis firsthand. I need people to listen to my warning. Vid’
I cannot sit back in good conscience while the world my generation built is left to turn feral in the hands of...
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‘Cable car proponents threaten legal action over protest website’
*Pic: ROB WALLS. Richard Flanagan’s memorable speech to an anti-cable car rally in Cascade Park a month ago. The speech was before...
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French Bulldogs, Faberge and the Romanov Family
*Pic: The Family Pets of Tsar Alexander II by Shvabe 1867 with three cropped-eared English bulldogs. [Tsarskoe Selo, St Petersburg] Part II:...
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‘Looming Disaster for Norfolk Island’
With just a brief two-year transition period from 1 July 2016, the Modern Award System (MAS) will take effect on Norfolk Island...
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NATION: Can Trump’s farcical Singapore Summit alert us to dangers we face in our own democracy … ?
*Pic: *Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner First published June 18 “A new story, a new beginning, one of...
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‘Fragrance Towers in Elizabeth Street, Hobart … Donate …’
*Pic: After … The projected height of the Fragrance Tower Before … The streetscape before Fragrance The Fragrance developments at 234-250 Elizabeth...
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Want to get filthy rich: Exploiting the Earth’s resources is the surest way …
Satire: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/ used with permission … The great gaping hole of Ranger Uranium mine – Pic: greentumble.com First published June 16...
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Read a list of the Libs’ re-election bribes …
First published June 17 Regional and Community Election Commitments 2018-19 Budget and Forward Estimates EARLIER on Tasmanian Times … • ‘Democracy dies...
