Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.1KFat Cat cull is not enough
Norm McIlfatrick: ‘ … intelligent, talented and a faithful servant to the government of the day …’ As DFAT State Director in...
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What Jim Bacon told me …
Photo: Alastair Bett ( f8photography.com.au ) organicgardener, here Just to clarify things. I’ve no idea who ‘Ben’ ( Ben’s comment on: Jim...
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Jim Bacon: The Emperor has no clothes
We’ve got to talk about Jim … Jim Bacon, Premier of Tasmania, 1998 to 2004. Jim was known as The Emperor (but...
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Launceston, Tasmania: Bogan Capital of Australia … ?
Tasmania is the bogan capital of Australia and if you’re seeking bogans in the ACT look no further than the nation’s parliament....
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World heritage fabrication exposed at Senate Inquiry
Richard Colbeck picture of Styx/Tyenna area, from here Claims from the Abbott and Hodgman governments that the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area...
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This government is governing for big business, not for the interest of most Australians
Shortly before I started in the Senate, a friend of mine, Peter Lloyd, gave me a book to read which he told...
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Moral values and religious doctrines
Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1517. In most social and political disputes religion plays no role – we defend our views by...
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Our daily grind
Australians’ love affair with coffee is showing no signs of flagging. Seems we can’t get enough of the stuff. In cities and...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (4)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall last month prompted Don Knowler to...
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Tony Fitzgerald QC slams Qld LNP, Newman and Bleijie’s ‘old, bad habits’
Tony Fitzgerald handing a copy of the Fitzgerald Report to then Premier Mike Ahern, 1989 (Source: State Library of Queensland) In a...
