Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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942In Lebanon, 60 Minutes was creating a racist fiction for senior xenophobes
In the very unlikely case you’ve not yet heard of the possibly illegal and almost certainly irrational actions of an Australian TV...
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Human rights atrocity in Victorian psychiatric hospitals
*Pic: ECT … (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) This is an Australian story. I was profoundly shocked to hear that...
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‘There is reason to celebrate the protection of our Blue Derby forests …’
Members of the community group Blue Derby Wild cautiously welcome announcements that threatened forest areas around the Flickety Sticks, Dam Busters, and...
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A reality check on sex work
*Pic: Image from HERE Recent articles have argued for and against decriminalization of prostitution. It’s an emotive subject, likely to raise strong...
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STATE: Lies trump truth in the GST carve-up
Anyone listening recently to the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, is likely to believe Tasmania lost heavily in the latest round of GST allocations....
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Why the NDIS in its present form is doomed …
Download to read the editorial … march2016ed.compressed.pdf
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The Slaughter of Rhinos is a Crime …
*Pic: Alice Prichard with rhino guardians Robert Lochiam, William Okoth and Stephen Nyoya. Robert, William and Stephen come from cultures where cattle...
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Submissions on the January fires – due this Friday
The January fires have altered some of our wilderness landscapes forever. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment is asking for submissions. From...
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Forestry Tasmania is thoroughly unprofessional …
Yes this – Coupe CC104B – is a working forest … but despite all the media hype Forestry Tasmania has not changed...
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STATE: Blue Derby, nature tourism revival that could be lost to logging. ERIC and Libs’ ticket …
Andrew Nikolic The once sleepy town of Derby is awakening off the back of the $3.1 million Blue Derby Mountain Bike trails....
