Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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926Tribute to Ken Wriedt
The Premier, David Bartlett, today paid tribute to former Federal Labor Minister and Tasmanian Leader of the Opposition, Ken Wriedt, who sadly...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (3): Retirement begins … Right Now!
“If I only had a brain…” Arlen/Harburg 1939 Wizard of Oz Chapter Three Retirement Begins… Right now! We were near Cow Bay...
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Advocates call for education to combat violence
Representatives of Tasmania’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) community have told a parliamentary inquiry that prejudice and violence against GLBTI...
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Asylum seeker announcement a major policy shift: Advocates
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Mary Crock is a Professor of Public Law at the University of Sydney. She’s written extensively about the problems associated...
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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS COUNCIL OF TASMANIA (ATDC) NATIONAL CONFERENCE OCTOBER 18-20, 2010
National ATDC 2010 Conference Reducing Harm across the Lifespan, This will be held from Monday 18th October until Wednesday 20th October 2010...
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Children’s Commissioner sacked after criticising Tas Govt
A week since Paul Mason’s report into Tasmania’s child services after a 12-year-old girl was sold for sex. Now he won’t be...
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Wanted: Female war veterans …
The lasting effects on women who have served in war will be the subject of a new ANU study. The research project,...
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Jan Cameron: Hero (2)
Jan Cameron is one of Australia’s richest women. As the founder of the Kathmandu clothing empire she started sewing sleeping bags in...
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Activists denounce World Egg Day over cruelty to chickens
Members of Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania will hold a dignified vigil at the World Egg Day event in the Elizabeth Street Mall...
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DNA to confirm if girl’s baby fathered by pimp
Tasmania police have raised the prospect of further charges being laid against a convicted pimp in a notorious child prostitution case. They...
