Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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927Just not my day – Roger’s Run
The recent Sydney marathon fielded two very important people in amongst the thousands of participants: Bionda Hiensch in the half marathon, and...
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The pokies spat
Former Labor staffer – once then Racing Minister Jim Cox’s “racing adviser” – Steve Old pulled no punches when fronting a Tasmanian...
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Cultural heritage backs Brighton bypass
authorities in Tasmania have recommended a bridge be built over an aboriginal heritage site in the path of a road bypass near...
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Wilkie urges Tasmanian Parliament to deliver on Pokies Reform
Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, today voiced his support for a Tasmanian bill proposing to place $1 bet limits on poker...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (2): Forced Ageing
“I’d give all I own if I could but atone to that silver haired daddy of mine” Gene Autry 1932 Chapter Two...
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Over $18m lost on pokies for the month of August
The Tasmanian Greens today revealed that over the last eight months this year $124, 256, 821 has been lost on poker machines,...
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A Cry from the Heart – Rosebery …
We live in a beautiful valley, where 100 years ago, Aborigines roamed the highlands. Today Rosebery is contaminated with poisonous heavy metals,...
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First do no harm
Tasmanian Times poster boy and MP Senator Brown has had his proposal to legalise euthanasia shredded as thoroughly as any of his...
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DPP defends decision not to prosecute
Tasmania’s Director of Public Prosecutions has defended his decision not to prosecute men who paid to have sex with a 12-year-old girl....
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No ‘nasty political witch-hunts’ from watchdog
Tasmania’s Premier says the state’s new Integrity Commission will be completely independent so it can not be used or manipulated for the...
