Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.2KAmnesty votes to support pimps, johns and brothel owners
Feminist Roundup Amnesty International’s biennial International Committee Meeting (ICM) last week voted in favour of a policy position supporting decriminalisation of all...
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TLC celebrates The Big Punchbowl fundraising success
*Pics: Matthew Newton (http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/) of scientists observing birds and , below the property The Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) has raised $750,000 to...
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EMRS: Support for Libs falls to five-year low
Support for the state Liberals has fallen to its lowest level in the past five years, according to the latest EMRS polling...
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Lonely Planet names three Tasmanian destinations in ‘Ultimate Travelist’
MONA, Cradle Mountain and Port Arthur have been named among 10 Australian destinations in the top 500 places to visit by travel...
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Let’s rule out brown paper bag donations
WE’VE heard plenty about politicians abusing “entitlements”, with the Bronwyn saga providing satirical comment to keep us outraged and amused for weeks....
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MPs’ expenses: sniff test reveals overnight faecal imbalance
Cleaners (centre) and their supporters demonstrate outside Parliament House Canberra in June 2015. An article commemorating the federal Parliament House cleaners, who...
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Party politics in danger of becoming a tyranny of a minority
IT is in the interests of democracy to have free or conscience-voting on moral issues such as same-sex marriage. In Westminster parliaments,...
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Goodbye Tuvalu
*Pic: Under threat … Funafutu Atol, Tuvalu Along with at least 36 other Small Island States to be affected by anthropogenic global...
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Fair’s fair Jacqui Petrusma
We were concerned today to hear Jacqui Petrusma suggest that 1 in 3 men is guilty of domestic violence. People participate in...
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Spain’s communist model village
Marinaleda, in impoverished Andalusia, used to suffer terrible hardships. Led by a charismatic mayor, the village declared itself a communist utopia and...
