Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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800In Consumer HQ, Heaven becomes Hell
The biggest shopping day of the year in the United States has been marred by more reports of violence than usual, including...
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Feds block marriage of Bartlett’s sister
Filipa Santos and Angela Borella, right Marriage equality advocates are angry that the Australian Government is blocking the legal overseas same-sex marriage...
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Protecting the rights of churches
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, is calling on Federal Parliament to ensure that any changes to the Marriage Act do...
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Forget NIMBY—the new battle cry is ‘Not On Our Planet’
My very favorite piece of punditry about the Keystone XL pipeline appeared the day after President Obama sent it back for more...
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Looking forward to a smoking ban on the route of the Tour De France?
The unremarked passage of the Tasmanian Public Health Amendment Bill 2011. This week was a noteworthy one for reform of tobacco regulation...
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Those South Pacific Cane Cutters
Last week SBS repeated a Doco on the White Australia policy. In it the Kanakas got a mention and that prompted me...
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Apology for wrongful dismissal
THE former head of the Sexual Assault Support Service has received a public apology for her prosecution over misconduct allegations. Karen Donnet-Jones...
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Is Gillard attempting to revive China free trade
With the increasing ascent of China and India as superpowers, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a review of Australia’s place in...
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Lara’s Metaphor
I was recently at a meeting addressed by Premier Lara Giddings. She told a story about how as a young child she...
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Beauty … in the eye of Dr Amos
Former Forestry Industry Association of Tasmania (FIAT) chairman Dr Julian Amos clearly has scant respect for “every talking head (who) chants the...
