Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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3.5KAn outsider’s look at the contentious practice of clearfell logging ..
*Pic: Logging Lapoinya … industrial-scale clearfelling in a much-loved local forest … and the future veneer trundles off to Ta Ann (over...
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AFL Tasmania chief Scott Wade quits after 16 years in job
Scott Wade has resigned as chief executive of AFL Tasmania after 16 years in the job. Wade’s departure comes ahead of the...
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NATION: Abbott’s kamikaze attack on Turnbull threatens to destroy both
*Pic: Tony Abbott … the world is his onion … The week starts badly for an evidence-based, people-respecting Turnbull government. Essential publishes...
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Notes on the Syrian exodus: ‘Epic in scale, inconceivable until you witness it’
*Pic: Richard Flanagan’s picture of Syrian refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos, January 2016 … Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan...
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The TAC judgement …
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Incorporated v Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (No 2) [2016] FCA 168 Download: 2016FCA0168.pdf
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Turn it Off
*Pic: Rodney Pople’s 2012 Glover Art Prize winner entitled ‘Port Arthur’ … with Martin Bryant … I watch very little television these...
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Parliament Needs to Focus on the Big Issues
With State Parliament returning on Tuesday after a three month break, I have written to the Leader of the Opposition requesting that...
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Forest follies
*Pic: Image from Sarawak Report, here As you might know by now, I really did appreciate the former Resources Minister Paul Harriss....
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A letter to the PM …
Dear Prime Minister, RE: The establishment of a new Northern Tasmania institution of higher education and training A group of concerned citizens...
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In Defence of Thoughtful Young People …
I’ve only just seen my old friend Charles Wooley’s piece “Deceptions and such pranks are fun”, which appeared in the Tasmanian Times...
