Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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835Parliamentary standards dropping …
*Pic: Senator David Leyonhjelm The word ‘dickhead’ has made its way into parliamentary speech. Senator David Leyonhjelm (Lib Dem, NSW) used it...
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Writers and artists … saving wildlife and habitats …
Image, Ralph Wessman, HERE, where there are more images from the festival Writers and artists are at the forefront of the battle...
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The colour of envy
Monday blues. And before the day even starts, gloom, because there’s nothing but bad news on the radio for company: Syria, Iraq,...
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Committee grabs for power
Right: Senator John Faulkner and Dr Kristine Klugman, President of CLA, meet earlier in 2014 to discuss security and democracy issues The...
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Fixing Australia’s democratic deficit
Australians buying a used car benefit from clear consumer safeguards, writes Geoff Heriot. Why not accord voters similar protection from the excesses...
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Not everyone likes devils …
The recent finding of what was almost certainly a shot devil in bush near Rocky Cape starkly reminds me that, despite the...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (36)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Garbage Guts!
A scientist specialising in birds and marine biology, Heidi Auman, grew increasingly frustrated over the years that her warnings about ocean pollution...
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It is solved by walking
Image: The Centennial Parklands Labyrinth light photo. (Ann Jones) ‘The story of this labyrinth began with a passing comment in a transit...
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Norfolk Island dies while Australian Government thieves and thrives (2)
BACKGROUND The Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories Report (Same country: different world) recommends abolishing self-goverment on Norfolk...
