Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.1KDying Like An Animal: The Price Of Empathy And How Governments Use Yours Against You
Want to know why some people are more moved by greyhound baiting, than by an Aboriginal death in custody? Why the Abbott...
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NATION: You should care about Brandis’s Creeper Laws. Jamal Rifi. 4-Corners …
The right to privacy is taken for granted by many. Australians assume they can conduct their daily ablutions in peace. They can...
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The Intergenerational Report focuses on the old, when the future belongs to the young
Releasing Australia’s fourth Intergenerational Report, Joe Hockey described it as the “social compact between generations”, which would help “identify where the future...
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IGR: An alarming piece of sloppy propaganda
Liberal brains trust … Treasurer Hockey, PM Abbott, Julie Bishop, Warren Truss Side-stepping convention, tiptoeing around the climate elephant in the room,...
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Julian Burnside: Independent media for reality’s sake
Human rights advocate and barrister Julian Burnside AO QC talks about his disenchantment with newspapers and the vital need for more than...
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Carmen’s call
*Pic: Portrait of Dr Carmen Lawrence, Subject: Dr Carmen Lawrence, Artist: Deanne Haddow. From here I first met Carmen Lawrence at a...
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Real leaders … and real equality
This long weekend, we are invited to wake up and think about the women in our lives, focus on women’s achievements, and...
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Lots of questions …
Vegetable Love or Time’s Winged Chariots: local government reform as real change or short term response to frustrations in State economic policy...
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A Jew Stands up for Palestine …
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War, what’s it good for?
What’s wrong with peace, love and understanding. Elvis Costello wrote a ballad, John Lennon implored us to explore the concept, the vision,...
