Tasmanian Times
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1.1KReligious freedom does not extend to excluding children …
*Pic: Terry Polglase, Parent Deidre Murray … and her daughter/student, Richard Griggs “Religious freedom is a fundamental civil liberty but it does...
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Kim Booth to Step Down from Parliament
Greens Leader Kim Booth MP has today announced he is resigning from the State Parliament, and as leader of the Tasmanian Greens...
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Greens say Australia should take Rohingyan refugees
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says it’s time for Australia to step up and help huge numbers of people fleeing persecution in...
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STATE: UTAS students risk arrest for fossil free divestment
As many as ten students from the University of Tasmania have occupied the office of the Vice Chancellor, refusing to leave until...
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Tasmania’s environmental laws leave plenty of room for improvement
A new EDO Tasmania report, Lifting the Standards: Opportunities to Improve Tasmania’s Environmental Laws, finds that Tasmania’s laws do not meet national...
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STATE: Dark Mofo artist Leon Ewing suggests high school students use drugs to expand creativity
High school students should be given drugs to fuel their creativity, an artist appearing at Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival says. Leon Ewing,...
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Off-road motorists’ continued use of Tarkine tracks makes farce of ban
*Pic: Ted Mead’s picture of Ordinance Point’s grand Aboriginal midden … Despite Parks and Wildlife installation of coastal fencing, many vehicles pushed...
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NATION: RET a shocking betrayal by the old parties …
• Independent Member for Denison Andrew Wilkie: The deal announced today to lower the Renewable Energy Target from 41,000 gigawatt hours to...
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STATE: John West would turn in his grave …
The Sunday Examiner (17th May) published a Hate Letter (above) aimed at former Australian Greens leader Senator Christine Milne and written by...
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NATION: Hockey’s incredible Budget Back-Flip
Joe Hockey’s second Budget set a new backflip benchmark even for the Abbott government which has elevated flip flops into a key...
