Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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741Seeking an asylum-seeker solution …
Dozens of Indonesians who crewed boats carrying asylum seekers to Australia will no longer face mandatory five-year jail terms if convicted of...
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Gay rights v. Christian lobby. Council backing. ACT follows Tassie. Giddings ‘humbles’ Christians ..
• Christian lobby wrong to link forced adoptions and same-sex marriage Tasmanian gay rights advocates have hit back at the Australian Christian...
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Fine; we can all relax. Can we?
Garry Stannus: The Last Hurrah came and went. The Federal Minister came and went. The Signatories are in a huddle. Forestry are...
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When personal best isn’t enough
London 2012 brought a raft of exemplary displays of human endeavours to our TV screens. Elite athletes did their stuff with stunning...
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Back to the future for the forestry industry
A forest ‘peace deal’ may, or may not, emerge from the backrooms, possibly enabling Parliament to consider the Tasmanian Forests Agreement Bill...
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Max Bound 1924—2012
I admired Max Bound long before I’d met him. Even before I’d developed much of a political awareness myself, I understood that...
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We have to do better than this
ABC pic of Jan Davis Every quarter, the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency releases its assessment of the current...
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Shame on us all
Hang your head Australia. So many of us thought our Dark Age was past with the demise of the warmongering, child abusing,...
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Frolicking with the pixies at the bottom of Lara’s garden
Last Monday I purchased a hard copy of the Mercury – something I haven’t done in months – and spent an enjoyable...
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Give us untold confusion over unacceptable discrimination and fearmongering anyday
Hmmm, seems Guy Barnett was none too concerned about any lack of uniformity or confusion potentially created by different laws in different...
