Tasmanian Times
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1.3KHydro knows what caused Basslink to fail. Why can’t the Plebs know … ?
*Pic: So … what caused the Basslink failure … ? The damaged section of the cable … The Basslink high voltage DC...
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Perish the pension …
*Pic: Pascal Maramis, Flickr At the turn of the year, my $117-a-week age pension disappears. I am not about to whinge that,...
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Conservation fiddles while the Kea goes extinct …
Protesting 1080 through Wellington’s streets Isn’t it just incredible that the people of New Zealand are threatened with deadly poison in their...
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Plastic Pollution and our Noxious Consumerism
All across the globe there is a silent killer. It invades our everyday lives, outlives us, and invariably threatens all marine life...
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The terrible, fatal lie …
*Pic: Father Rod Bower, Kelsang Dawa, Newcastle Archbishop Greg Thompson and Grand Mufti Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed as religious leaders join to...
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The whole damned thing …
*Pic: Flickr, David Blackwell: ‘Walking home one evening in 2074 Paul wondered about the scientific breakthrough reversing the effects of climate change...
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E-cigarettes should be banned, not promoted by government
E-cigarettes are not safe. E-cigarettes containing nicotine are not legal in Australia. E-cigarettes without nicotine are legal, but many of them have...
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Avoiding the Sadistic World of Trolls …
Trolling is the neo wave of inciting discord. This action appears in all forms of online news, blogs and social media. In...
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First Day … January
The photos were all taken on my property at Loyetea, North West Coast …
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A gentle wake …
Odalisque … Amid fears about tourism development in Tasmania’s wilderness, Don Knowler takes a cruise on Bathurst Harbour in the remote and...
