Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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833Things aren’t that bad …
There’s a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you’re a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect,...
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Five Ideas That May Change How You Think About Privacy
TED, NPR and The Huffington Post are teaming up to explore the state of privacy today. Listen here
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For women’s organisations, a historic step forward towards gender equality …
[Brussels, 26 February 2014] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) warmly welcomes the vote of the European Parliament today which recognises that prostitution...
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More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary
Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...
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Big majority sick of forest war
MORE than 90 per cent of Tasmanians are sick of the conflict over native forestry and support an agreement to end it,...
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Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String
In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...
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Asylum seeker attempts suicide after deportation notice
An Iranian asylum seeker who received a deportation notice is in hospital in Hobart after trying to kill himself. Lawyer Madeleine Ogilvie...
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Cape Barren urgently needs law and order before someone gets killed
This image of Cape Barren was taken in 2006, showing bushfires. Michael Mansell fears a human conflagration … I am taking the...
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Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech
The full text of Greens Leader Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech is now available for download from the Greens MPs’ website: here The...
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Liberals make key commitments but Greens and Labor streets ahead
A survey of key election issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Tasmanians shows the Liberal Party has made commitments...
