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872StatementsThe second Hobart Language Day is coming!
Hobart Folks are encouraged to celebrate their language and cultural diversity with different activities taking place on Saturday 23rd April 2016, 11...
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2.8KPolitics
First Day …
The following pictures were taken in late March at Lime Bay State Reserve just past Saltwater River on the Tasman Peninsula. The...
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817Arts
Brilliant Britt
Catherine Britt tells me she enjoys the beautiful scenery of Tasmania, which she has become familiar with over the years both on...
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1.0KEconomy
South Eastern Midlands ‘Gasfield Free’
Residents from eight districts within the Southern Midlands Municipality of Tasmania have joined together to boldly declare their communities ‘Gasfield Free’. A...
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845Coroner & Legal
Peter Coad walks out …
Huon Valley Mayor Peter Coad has walked out of this week’s closed council meeting (30 March), called to discuss the findings of...
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840Economy
NATION: Turnbull’s Tax Plan: A disaster for Tasmania … ?
At first glance, the plan to give income taxing powers back to the states so they can fund their own hospitals and...
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3.1KCoroner & Legal
Who profits from the sex trade?
*Pic: Image from HERE Simone Watson is a sex trade survivor – a woman who has known the coercion and cruelty that...
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985Economy
Climate change could put eucalypts at risk of death from air bubbles
Extreme droughts could lead to widespread death of eucalypts from embolisms, researchers say. The trees cannot quickly adjust the size of their...
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Statements
New Egg Laws Do Little For Hen Welfare
It’s all well and good for the Liberals to claim new egg labelling laws are a win for producers and consumers, but...
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Malcolm Turnbull must not abandon Tasmanian schools
Helen Richardson, AEU Tasmanian Branch President, said: “Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal to end Federal Government funding of public education would hit Tasmania’s schools...
