Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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875The heart-shaped island
Tasmania has become the first Australian state to officially endorse the idea that same-sex couples be allowed to legally marry. On Wednesday...
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In defence of our defenders
The earthworks currently being undertaken at the Conservation and Heritage site at Longreach on the Tamar River by Hazel Brothers contractors are...
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790
The High Price of Poverty
Income support payments must rise according to a new report recommending action to tackle the ‘poverty penalty’ currently being paid by low...
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758
Leading the Nation …
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed support from the Tasmania Labor Party for a parliamentary motion in support of same-sex marriage. They say...
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874
To Kill a Mocking Bird
It seems that our government in private, acts like Judas Iscariot, and in public like Pontius Pilate. Behind closed doors they give...
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795
Greens to move in Parliament on marriage equality
The House of Assembly will vote this week on a Greens motion that would see the Tasmanian Parliament become the first in...
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900
C’est la guerre…or such is life…
David Hicks posing with an RPG launcher in Bosnia The six-year internment of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay still inspires heated argument...
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915
Live Export Shame Tasmania
If you thought your Federal Member of Parliament was there to represent your views, think again. Reliable polling relating to how Australians...
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854
Loss of more than just a theatre company
When you consider that less than $1million funding has been allocated to support theatre activity in Tasmania compared to the many millions...
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Is It Weird Enough Yet?
Every time I listen to Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota talk about how climate change is...
