Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.4KBertrand’s ‘bogans’ riles locals
*Pic: of Bertrand Cadart Intemperate bogan remarks by Glamorgan-Spring Bay Mayor Bertrand Cadart has landed the flamboyant self-styled LeFrog in hot water...
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Solar: The unfair Economic Regulator
The Tasmanian Economic Regulator has dropped the feed-in tariff (FiT) for solar customers who signed up after 30 August 2013 from 8.282c...
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Tony Abbott criticised for “unsettled” Australia remark
*Pic: Retweeted by Tony Windsor, former independent MP, this map shows the boundaries of Aboriginal nations. Hardly ‘unsettled’ Australia Australia’s Prime Minister...
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Save the Tarkine seeks a Statement of Reasons for decision to approve Mt Lindsay Mine Lease
*Pic: Aerial shot of Venture Minerals early work at Mt Lindsay in the Tarkine Save the Tarkine has today written to Minister...
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Organ Pipes ‘under threat’
*Pic: Bob Burton Residents Opposed to the Cable Car are concerned that the threat to the organ pipes has moved closer. The...
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NATION: Innes broadside. Lambie’s Abbott ‘political psycho’ lash. Burnside blast
*Pics: ABC pics of George Brandis (top) and Graeme Innes. Outgoing disability discrimination commissioner Graeme Innes has fired a barrage of parting...
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Hodgman Government all over the place on Medicinal Cannabis Trial
Hodgman Government Ministers are giving wildly different reasons for the decision to block a trial of medicinal cannabis in Tasmania, Greens Health...
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Bryan Green’s Asbestos Mine
Labor and Liberal governments love to trumpet how friendly they are to development. The truth is that the impediments they put in...
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The Broken System
Australia’s political system is broken. The recent review by the ALP on their election result revealed a party in disarray. Policies and...
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More than 25 years after ‘the clever country’ little has changed
In 1964 Australian social commentator Donald Horne published a book, The Lucky Country. At the time, most people were aware that Horne...
