Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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747Farmers are copping it more than anyone else
As often as not, the light will be on in the spare room in farmhouses across the Tasmanian landscape each night as...
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Rise of the Ruddster … 7PM … ? 6.38PM: Shorten backs Rudd …
A controversial attempt to rescue Labor’s election prospects by claiming Tony Abbott would marginalise women and change abortion rights has backfired, with...
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Jesus would not have turned ‘them’ away … from Dark MOFO …?
There’s a simple message for those “Christians” who demand the right to discriminate: Jesus would not have turned away the young, the...
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Why light rail is the perfect fit: Public Information Session
Light rail is experiencing a world-wide renaissance. It’s ability to adapt to the landscape of contemporary cities, and move substantial amounts of...
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Mining boss John Lamb’s comments on ‘economic terrorists’ are inciting hatred
Board member of the Tasmanian Minerals Council and CEO of Shaw Contracting John Lamb’s recent comments reported in last Friday’s Advocate (...
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Australian taxpayers pay millions to controversial Sarawak timber cartel
Huon Valley Environment Centre’s spokesperson Jenny Weber said, “Huon Valley Environment Centre is appalled that taxpayers are footing the bill for the...
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The Question of the Royal Derwent Hospital … as then-Minister bids for comeback
The real cost and loss to the Tasmanian Taxpayer: $100,000,000 and rising … ? For the sale of the State’s largest asset,...
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Reason and unreason on same-sex marriage
On September 19th, the day on which the same-sex marriage bill failed in the federal Parliament, Liberal front bencher Cory Bernardi was...
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When will the mythologies stop? The Final Speech of Judy Moylan
… I should like to close this farewell speech on an interrogative note. As one leaves the stage of active intervention, there...
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Afghanistan’s terrible toll …
An Australian special forces soldier has been killed and two of his fellow troops wounded in a gun battle with insurgents in...
