Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.1KNATION: Satirists’ rallying cry is being made by Tony Abbott, a caricaturist’s dream
Australia’s army of parodists, satirists and professional piss-takers, the nation’s cartoonists, have been told to carry on. Terrified and shocked by events...
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… but they might say “Je suis Le Pen” tomorrow …
My first reaction, apart from sadnessand shock, is that it is wrong to suddenly get especially worked up because a small group...
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Abbott’s secret trip to Iraq
Australian politics took an intriguing turn recently when Tony Abbott slipped out of Australia on his own top secret mission to Iraq....
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Keogh free: Royal Commission needed
Henry Keogh and daughter Alexis as he walks from the court just before Christmas 2014, free for the first time in nearly...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (45)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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How to be an ace reporter
*Pic: of the venerable Evan … Never write down to your readers; anyone stupider than you can’t read. – American editor to...
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Campaign for ‘The Springs Visitor Information Centre’
The way we were … the Springs Hotel before the ’67 bushfires … In keeping with our belief that there are options...
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Stand up … before our capacity to do so is stolen from us …
*Satire: Graphic designer Lucille Clerc via Banksy on #CharlieHebdo … on Instagram here Fast as a rat up a drainpipe, Australian Prime...
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Government to Enable SLAPP Suits … the only state in Australia
Heidi Douglas and Defendant 5 … Image from here Attorney General Vanessa Goodwin will reopen opportunities for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation...
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After the Charlie Hebdo attack, we must resist the clash-of-civilisations narrative
Terrorism feeds on society’s fears – and the relentless questioning of Muslims’ loyalty plays into its hands It’s hard to admit to...
