Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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826Flying in the Face of Old Age (7): Yank Hating Cop and Pig Dogs on White Utes
“Keep your pants on!” Ken Wakefield 2009 Popular ballad Chapter Seven Yank Hating Cop and Pig Dogs on White Utes Dear Rockie,...
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The deeply disappointing Julia Gillard. Bob Brown on honesty. Open letter to Gillard
Letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard By Dear Prime Minister, From the Sydney Morning Herald I note you made a comment...
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Same sex marriage: Is public opinion a moral value?
One can learn a good deal about morality by looking, not at philosophical theories, but at commonplace arguments on moral issues, such...
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Sacking fiasco probe
THE Anti-Discrimination Commission will investigate the sacking of former Sexual Assault Support Service chief executive Karen Donnet-Jones. She was dismissed and spent...
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$180 million lost on pokies over 10 months
The Tasmanian Greens today said that the latest pokies figures reveal that losses has climbed by over $500,000 for the month of...
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Margaret Tighe. The most powerful woman in Victoria
Margaret Tighe, veteran anti-abortion campaigner, retired as president of Right to Life Australia last year. That didn’t stop her championing the pro-life...
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Millions needed to fix child protection: Commissioner
Tasmania’s new Commissioner for Children has told a parliamentary inquiry more than $30 million needs to be spent fixing the state’s Child...
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Watchdog eyes shooting probe
TASMANIA’S new Integrity Commission will monitor investigations into Sunday’s Westbury shooting which left one man dead and a police officer injured. Integrity...
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An Indian marries a Pakistani in Tasmania and 50 years of international tension evaporates
Sometimes dreams come true in the strangest of places. When Delhi-born management student Varun Khetarpal arrived in Tasmania four years ago, he’d...
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Stalled Royal rescue: The real story … ?
Sue Neales, Mercury Wednesday: FURIOUS Andrew Wilkie has accused the State Government of deliberately “dragging its feet” on fixing the dilapidated Royal...
