Tasmanian Times
Opinion
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The First Fleet Whores on Australia’s Invasion Day
Brenda Rosser Today is Australia Day, though the vast majority of Australian aboriginal people would understandably prefer to call it ‘invasion day’....
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Tasmania 2009 — Plus ça change… plus c’est la même chose?
Nostradamus I am not the only one who thinks that the old-fashioned notion of community in Tasmania has been systematically eroded both...
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The darkness descends
Former Hobart Mercury Journalist and Oxfam aid worker Harriet Binet relates her experience in Lebanon after the 2006 Israeli invasion to the...
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Pedantic Archbishop Doyle
Julian Punch Coming Out Proud MR Archbishop Adrian Doyle’s pedantic statement saying Pope Benedict had been misquoted as well the Mercury’s refusal...
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Gibney and the rednecks
Mercury ACTOR Rebecca Gibney has revealed that her opposition to the Gunns pulp mill has led to abuse. Gibney, a Tamar Valley...
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Fascist Benedict
Julian Punch This message of hatred by the Pope will be used as an excuse for increased hate crime against same sex...
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Strengthen inclusion
Rodney Croome Concern over gay exclusion from social inclusion strategy. Call to strengthen inclusion in Commissioner’s roleTASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP...
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Lara’s sacrifice
Patricia Dasic Sacrifice. I do believe that was the headline on today’s Mercury, referring to Ms Giddings’ noble self-sacrifice in putting politics...
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The Salamanca Apology
Tonight’s HCC Salamanca Market arrest apology: Here’s the latest ABC radio news story http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2443118.htm Here’s the apology http://tglrg.org/more/401_0_1_0_M/ Here’s Rodney Croome’s formal...
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Every step of the way
Keri James Canberra mother Keri James and 7 year old home-educated daughter Clover, on Friday completed a 3 month long trek to...
