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866Biomass burning … the better plan
Forestry Tasmania assistant general manager, Michael Wood, is unhappy that the Federal Government has removed biomass from the list of renewable energy...
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People Get Ready
I’ve always been the nervous type. Thirty years of meditation practice have given me a handle on that, and I do an...
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This farcical waste of taxpayers’ money
Animal advocates have described the live export enquiry into live exports by the Senate Standing Committee for Rural and Regional Affairs and...
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Same-sex marriage debate: Is the victim card being played?
TASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP Media Statement Monday July 18th 2011 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE WITHDRAWAL “DISAPPOINTING” – Opponents of equality harm...
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Consciousness Lost. Looking back at 1972
I experienced 1972 as another letdown year of revived ‘business as usual’. The shutdown of the alternative press and progressive environmental and...
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Flying in the face of old age (13): It aint getting any better
Chapter 13 IT AIN’T GETTING ANY BETTER I can’t stand shivering on the bank. I plunge. Head first. Studdert Kennedy 1883-1929 Dear...
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Riding the Spirit
The Ash cloud experience of last month found me trapped on the mainland when I wanted to be home, and gave the...
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Carbon tax: A very great move in the teeth of the Big End of Town
This is a huge step forwards, and shows considerable dexterity in making it actually a positive for most Australians dollar wise. And...
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Geoff’s Best Reads
Every fortnight on Tasmanian Times, widely-read Geoff Dickinson chooses Six of the past fortnight’s Best Reads. Geoff’s Comment -Three items beneath are...
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Big Bang
A group of artists that I once knew asked a celebrated art critic, ‘How do you become famous?’ His answer was quite...
