Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.0KI’m a conservative, but this asylum seekers comic is disgusting
There’s something fascinating about the government’s latest foray into deterrence propaganda, produced by the Customs and Border Protection Service to deter asylum...
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Rupert Murdoch’s attack on ‘our ABC’ like a mediaeval siege
So there I was about to have a colonoscopy. In front of me was the Herald Sun. I read it – a...
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Arm End: Reserved for the Public or a Private Development?
There is a battle underway over the control of a recreational reserve in a corner of Tasmania. The story deserves to be...
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29 MPs let corporate interest dictate their votes …
• How they voted: YES: Farrell, Harriss, Hall, Rattray, Taylor, Forrest, Hiscutt, Goodwin, Dean, Mulder. NO: Armitage, Valentine, Gaffney, Finch. The Tasmanian...
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Just ask someone trying to get an operation …
I hope that the following is considered relevant to Tasmania’s current politics and legislation. To us, the story for my partner epitomizes...
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Michael Mansell calls for 7.5 per cent of state land tax …
Michael Mansell has called on all three political parties to commit to granting Aborigines 7.5% of land tax revenue collected in Tasmania...
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It’s time for a footpath from Hobart to Launceston …
A call for safe footpaths between all Tasmanian cities and towns—starting with a path between Hobart and Launceston. Our Proposal Over a...
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The Traitors’ Club
Sooner or later in life people move themselves to the status of bemused spectator. The point where concern or caring gives way...
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The best way to stop the boats and drive down tourism? Demolish what they have come to see …
The demolition of yet another century old house in Battery Point is imminent. Not just any old cottage but one intimately connected...
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Save the Tarkine applies to Supreme Court for release of secret EPA documents
Save the Tarkine has lodged an application in the Supreme Court seeking the release of documents pertaining to changes made to the...
