Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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950STATE: The Irony; France, Tasmania … and Freedom of Speech
The Editor Dear Sir RE: FREEDOM OF SPEECH It is ironic that at the same time there are mass demonstrations in France...
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The Smith Street Band attacks Tony Abbott’s refugee policy with new song
*Pic by Ian Laidlaw from Noise11, here From Bob Dylan’s classic 1960s folk songs to the shocking, electric frenzy of the Sex...
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Dickens on our corrupt legal system
For those interested in the law, Sunday night is Bleak House. We fill a beaker of Armagnac, set fire to a long...
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Saudi Arabia’s history of hypocrisy we choose to ignore
On Thursday, a Saudi blogger will receive his second flogging for ‘insulting Islam’. Robert Fisk looks at a barbaric regime with a...
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Wilderness – going, going, gone!
Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife are on the verge of releasing their draft WHA (World Heritage Area) management plan, and it seems the...
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Free Ranging the Tarkine – An ATV Invasion
Given the recent controversy for the State Government’s intent to reopen some of the off road tracks in the Tarkine, it comes...
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World Heritage Desecration
Before the removal of the sign … After the removal of the sign … First standing tree cut … First standing tree...
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Keogh free: Royal Commission needed
Henry Keogh and daughter Alexis as he walks from the court just before Christmas 2014, free for the first time in nearly...
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How to be an ace reporter
*Pic: of the venerable Evan … Never write down to your readers; anyone stupider than you can’t read. – American editor to...
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Stand up … before our capacity to do so is stolen from us …
*Satire: Graphic designer Lucille Clerc via Banksy on #CharlieHebdo … on Instagram here Fast as a rat up a drainpipe, Australian Prime...
