Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.1KCry, my beautiful country: Barnaby’s shameful legacy to the lifeblood of Australia
Pic: Murrumbidgee, Murray – Darling Basin. Public Domain photography Pedro Szekely’s Flickr pic of an Australian coastline … as Lyndall says: ‘I...
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Sweltering summers – the face of things to come …
First published November 23 Bored of the tedious cool winters in Tasmania? Thinking about packing up and migrating north? Well beware! New...
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‘Mountain gathering calls on Cascade Brewery to protect kunanyi/Mt Wellington’
*Pic: Respect The Mountain’s pic of kunanyi Respect the Mountain (RTM) and Residents Opposed to the Cable Car (ROCC) hosted a gathering...
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‘Community Health underfunded by $84 million’
First published November 21 The Tasmanian government spent $84 million less on out-of-hospital health care in 2015-16 than other states, a new...
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Talking Turkey …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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‘Reminiscent of a tin-pot dictatorship … ‘
A STATEMENT FROM ANDREW WILKIE REGARDING THE CANCELLATION OF PARLIAMENT The Government’s decision to cancel parliament is scandalous and reminiscent of a...
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The mess we’re now in: The leaked TASSAL document …
*Pic: Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour. Rodtuk, Flickr First published November 17 Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (20:10): I rise this evening to talk...
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Forestry Tasmania’s demise in detail: Billion Dollar Loss
*Pic: Logging in Catamaran at the height of Forestry Tasmania’s assault. Pic: Daniel Haley First published November 15 Forestry Tasmania’s slide from...
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The Quest for Security: Is it rational? has it actually made us safer? At what cost?
First published November 15 Download address to the Royal Society of Tasmania, by Saul Eslake, Independent Economist, and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of...
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Celebrating diversity …
In Hobart this week was the Greens national conference with delegates and members from all over the country coming together to work...
