Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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805Find me …
I must admit I sat with trepidation As he told a tale that had us both awash with nervous perspiration – For...
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Please Mr Wilkie stop poker machines on the Spirit
Please Mr Wilkie stop poker machines on the Spirit. Lara Giddings told Parliament she didn’t believe the government should run gambling outfits...
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What are you shooting … ?
Early hours, I stumbled bleary eyed through the beaded curtain to my office as “groundhog” day began. It’s my routine to get...
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Cut down The Triffid. Pokie barons plunder carbon compo money
Wrest Point Casino, from the Federal Group Tasmania’s website, here When Alderman Helen Burnet asked me to come and film a forum...
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The Ducks Line Up
Dave Groves, A Digital Photographer, http://adigitalphotographer.wordpress.com/ Three elles…. July 11, 2012 I love it when the ducks line up and the sweetest...
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Will the Lara-Nick double-act have to come to an end?
Veteran political commentator, Barry Prismall recently wrote: “As the next State Election slowly approaches, Premier Lara Giddings will be pressured to pick...
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Smoke and Mirrors
When comparing the Forestry Stewardship Certificate Guidelines and the Australian Forestry Standards document, numerous differences appear. The FSC Guidelines are succinct and...
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Torture … by Greg
‘The use of torture is anathema to a civilised society. We decry the Spanish Inquisition yet tacitly accept or ignore the use...
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TT Line Ripoff. Insensitive and Untruthful Behaviour
At the end of May TT Line refused to allow me to board the Spirit of Tasmania in Devonport. It was a...
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Time for Turnbull to walk the talk on gay marriage
It is an abomination that Michael Kirby is gay. Ever since Malcolm Turnbull introduced me to him in Sydney decades ago, when...
