Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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758Why cannot we treat the refugees with more humanity
Last week the Australian public has heard more heart-rending news of suicides of refugees who have been imprisoned long periods of time...
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It is the coal barons, not activists, who threaten society
I’d like to know how the government can justify employing a private company to spy on me. As an anti-coal activist, and...
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Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting
On January 11 it will have been a decade since the first of the men we once called “the worst of the...
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When money talks louder than words
WAY back when, on the set of Superman II, Christopher Reeve asked Gene Hackman: “How did they persuade you to be in...
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Phelps lobs a grenade into the Australian Open
Margaret Court Arena KERRYN Phelps, one of Australia’s most influential gay women, is calling on the Victorian Government and Tennis Australia to...
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When I hear the word ‘culture’ … I reach for my diary
I have just returned home from an amazing array of music and entertainment provided for the citizens of Hobart. For free. Arriving...
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IGA: Tear it up, says Colbeck … as FT ‘runs amok’
Miranda Gibson in the Observer Tree. Pic: Alan Lesheim Bryan Green, MP Minister for Energy and Resources Friday, 13 January 2012 MILESTONE...
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Wings from the past
I heard it first before its giant shadow fell across me. Not the whoosh of wings you’d think an eagle would make,...
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Bobby-z … and the Miners of Potosi
Bobby-Z’s tribute in Potosi to the miners of Potosi A DAZZLING tribute to the Inca silver miners of the Bolivian Andes is...
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Four weeks in tree-sit while PM fails to keep forest promise
Pic: Bob Brown Today marks four weeks since conservationist Miranda Gibson set foot on the ground. Miranda Gibson, spokesperson for Still Wild...
