Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.0KRuby, Camilla, and all that lovely prickly, tasty, delicious gorse …
*Pic: Ruby and Russ Chudleigh 2016. Photograph John Hawkins … The Ramp (and below) November 2016. Photograph John Hawkins For the past...
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Trumped into Climate Change
We all know it’s early days with Donald Trump at the helm of the world’s most influential country, but it was his...
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Stupidity is on the rise in our age of enlightenment
*Pic: Flickr, Rubygoes of Barry Jones on Lateline in 2010 Once Science Minister Barry Jones delivered this lecture on August 8, 2012...
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Trump’s victory comes with a silver lining for the world’s progressives
The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle...
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NATION: A great and momentous choice
Eric Abetz … “My door will always be open” tweets Pauline Hanson, at the first signs of Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Is...
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What might have been … Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism won it for Trump …
*Pic: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/works/cartoons . Used with permission … Pic: Gage Skidmore, Twitter, here Donald Trump leads the free world today because the...
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Transforming commitment into action on disaster risk reduction
Nothing erases development gains as suddenly and severely as natural disasters. Earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones wreak destruction, not only across borders...
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Nine Steps to a Stellar Future
*Pic: Starfarer, Kim Peart’s avatar in Second Life, views the Earth from our torus space station. Some years ago I developed a...
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‘New era for the Mercury … ‘
HERE: New era for the Mercury The Mercury, that inter-generational champion of the state and esteemed benefactor of journalists, freight services, humble...
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And a big round of applause for Van Diemen’s Band
Tasmania has a thrilling new music ensemble. Launched last evening at the Handmark Gallery in Salamanca Place, Van Diemen’s Band is the...
