Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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907Taste this!
So here I am, the morning after being at The Taste of Tasmania, suffering the slings and arrows that are the effect...
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2011: A Brave New Dystopia
The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The debate, between those...
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881
The Weeping Sore
As the Australian territory closest to Indonesia, Christmas Island has in recent years become a favoured destination for refugee boats. And so...
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890
Why consult the electorate?
With our parliamentarians voting in support of a motion to consult their electorates on gay marriage, it is worth asking why they...
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850
Dear Minister for Mental Health
Dear Minister, Congratulations on your position Minister. You must be looking around for opportunities to make a big difference to Mental Health...
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784
More of Arnold’s War …
The World — and especially Europe — was at a crossroads in mid-1939, a crossroads that were to prove “the war to...
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928
Forestry lobby group axes chairman
The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) has sacked its chairman because it can not afford to pay him. FIAT lost half...
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890
My husband, the conscientious objector. Assange, Runner-Up as Time’s Person of the Year
On Friday a 24-year-old navy medic faces a decision that could lead him to military prison after becoming one of the few...
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811
Christmas Island …
UP to 50 asylum-seekers are feared drowned after their boat was smashed on to cliffs at Christmas Island. Authorities believe the boat...
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817
Planning – A Critique
As a result of recently daring to ask if I could sub-divide the land I own I have been told by a...
