Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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1.0KDeath … and instant sainthood
Death … and instant sainthood. Eulogising the recently deceased has become a strange modern form of (almost) worship. The outpourings at the...
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Go wild with us this year!
Joy to you this Christmas from Lindsay, James and Bob. There is no better way to communicate these good wishes than this...
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The Family
The bush is beautiful today. Quieter than normal, hushed. Even the little birds are quiet and so I sit in my Toyo,...
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Why don’t they have a handicap race for line honours
The greatest interest in this year’s Sydney to Hobart yacht race will be seeing what media stunts organisers have up their sleeve...
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How Joss and Anita restored the earth
Joss Brooks Last week I was privileged to meet again with Tasmanian Joss Brooks, who with his partner Anita Truchanas (yes….she is...
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Stick a Fork in Her: China’s Done
For the past fifteen years or so, we’ve been reading about how China was destined to take over the world. China had...
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Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
Virtually all American commentary about the end of the Soviet Union extols what the West is believed to have gained from that...
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Support Alison Bleaney to clean up our water
Supporters of Dr Alison Bleaney, campaigner against over-use of pesticides and for clean, healthy water, have a Facebook page well and truly...
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The thumb is proving mightier than a pen
The artist John Olsen recently lamented the decline of handwriting. Many of us do. We bore our children with whimsical tales of...
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Fifth degree ‘the hardest, the worst and the best’
Buck and Joan out socialising … Don’t call Underwood man Buck Emberg elderly and expect a polite reply. But address him by...
