Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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949Sometimes you get lucky …
Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you pinch yourself; wondering if it is all real. The impossible backdrop of the azure sea, the...
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Pontville closure deadline looms: take action!
As some of you may have read in the Mercury today (http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/02/07/298851_tasmania-news.html TT: HERE), Mayor Tony Foster believes that we only have...
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I must be confused about the date …
I MUST BE CONFUSED ABOUT THE DATE John Maddock I must be confused about the date. I thought that at this time...
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Amid pride and prejudice, it’s time for a new flag
Whenever I see a flag worn as a cape, I can’t help thinking of those Cronulla crusaders shouting, ”We grew here, you...
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Why the role of our Head of State is important
Lisa Singh The balance of the world is shifting. Europe is on the brink of collapse, with austerity in countries across Western...
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Who exactly has the frontal lobe damage?
Picture: HERE Reading Robert Whitaker’s book Anatomy of an Epidemic (Broadway, 2010) was quite a disturbing experience. His major premise appears to...
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The $200,000 prisons chief on Twitter …
Unguarded twitter entry – since removed, but not before Peter snapped it … Mercury: British jail boss for Risdon DAVID KILLICK 06...
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Are 35 Fools More Talented Than 25?
My title is a bit harsh, because they are not all fools, but I want to illustrate an absurdity. Increasing the numbers...
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The Tragedy of Tasmania’s Forests: One act on from Flanagan
This story begins with Richard Flanagan’s powerful and influential 2007 essay, ‘Gunns: the Tragedy of Tasmania’ (i). The story Flanagan tells is...
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Historic Agreement, My Arse
Last Saturday, under a gorgeous cloudless sky, various environmental groups hosted a ‘Picnic in the Park’ on the Parliament House lawns in...
