Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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742Equality of the sexes
The gang-rape of a female student in a moving bus in Delhi last year brought the subject of rape to the public...
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Climate Change: It’s time to speak up …
Picture from the Wikipedia 2013 bushfires overview, here IPCC authors, Dr Abha Chhabra from the Indian Space Research Organisation and Dr William...
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TFA: A small window of opportunity
Tasmanian Forests Agreement: Submission to the Legislative Council The lesson of the last two decades – and especially the period since the...
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Real Estate and Boosterism …
When a newspaper croaks, a loyal and important servant to its community is lost. Or that’s what the obituaries say. The truth...
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Climate change: not a civilized problem
Soon after the fire that destroyed whole towns in Victoria I made a comment that one Tasmanian politician saw as inappropriate in...
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Human creature, vulnerable and heroic
Tim Holmes (not pictured) and his wife Tammy (second from left) huddled under a jetty for three hours with their grandchildren while...
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A doco which could make you sick!
Food Inc. Review / Don Groves A word of advice: Don’t plan on dining out after watching this gut-wrenching expose of the...
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Sustainable Forestry … I Think Not!
New cleafell, next coupe in background Eagle nest about 30 metres off Coupe BA388D boundary Average tree diameter to be logged Below...
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The inspiring heroism of Aaron Swartz
The internet freedom activist committed suicide on Friday at age 26, but his life was driven by courage and passion Aaron Swartz,...
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The Grime Behind the Crime
It seemed, at first, preposterous. The hypothesis was so exotic that I laughed. The rise and fall of violent crime during the...
