Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.0KCrossing the Line. Gay blood review continues unfair stigma
1988 image of Rodney Croome being arrested. Image from here Rodney Croome: Crossing the Line A number of evangelical Christians have officially...
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Forum decides: Councils need a bigger say on pokies. Watch the Forum
•‘PEOPLE BEFORE POKIES’ FORUM: COUNCILS NEED BIGGER SAY ON POKIES Kim Booth MP Greens Gaming spokesperson Wednesday April 6 2012 The Tasmanian...
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Ashamed of our animal instincts
Nick Mooney looking at a diseased devil in a pipe trap; trap invented by Nick As Tasmanians, we are increasingly anthropocentric, reluctant...
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Two great hoaxes …
Huon Valley Guessing Games: Two great hoaxes Huon Valley Council has perpetrated on ratepayers and other valley residents have been the establishment...
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Ghost Story #1
Jenene and I drove up the long dusty driveway toward what was to be our new rental home. The garden was overgrown...
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Scarlett Alliance Fails in Bid to Gag Professor
ABC image here The Scarlett Alliance in Tasmania has failed in their campaign to have visiting Professor Sheila Jeffreys banned from speaking...
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Suffering the karma of killing
“To believe we can live without taking life is delusional.” — Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ What happens here is that people...
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Hoodwinked by pulp fiction
In the week beginning on the 19 June the State Government will likely introduce its IGA enabling legislation into the Parliament in...
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Lost … in the scandal
The Australian media has been flooded with stories about federal MP (and erstwhile general secretary of the Health Services Union) Craig Thomson...
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Fish before the rocks get slippery
There is a perfect river with perfect falls and perfect trout on which the sun always shines. The river is called “The...
