Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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728Cannabis a health issue not a legal one, a Hobart forum hears
A forum of drug experts in Hobart has been told cannabis is a health issue, not a criminal one. Tasmania’s Alcohol, Tobacco...
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Asylum seeker lifeboats stripped of their safety equipment
Lives put at risk as ropes, knives and other emergency tools removed and fuel tanks sealed, says customs officer The orange lifeboats...
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Andrew Wilkie, Diary of a Manus Island guard: ‘They went into tribal mode’
• Andrew Wilkie, Diary of a Manus Island guard: ‘They went into tribal mode’ The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has...
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Evil Was Only a Visitor
Written in the weeks after the tragedy … April 28, 1996: the staff at the Fox and Hounds are just a few...
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Historic rally in Tasmania’s Upper Florentine Valley
World Heritage Forests In Danger Almost 2000 people have rallied today in the Upper Florentine Valley to defend World Heritage listed forests....
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Whither the Liberal Conscience?
Some observers would be surprised to see Senator George Brandis in conflict with leaders of ethnic and religious communities – including Greek,...
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Liz Smith – Why I’m standing for the Legislative Council as an independent
Attorney-General, Vanessa Goodwin, an MLC and member of the Liberal Party … Liz Smith wonders what (suspended-sentence) policy Ms Goodwin would support...
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In Tasmania, even crooks like Gay can run a business
What the hell do the judges smoke down in the Apple Isle? First there was the insider trading case against John Gay,...
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Mike Baird replaces Barry O’Farrell
New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell says he will resign owing to a “significant memory fail on my part” when giving evidence...
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Convicted insider trader John Gay cleared to run companies again
Convicted insider trader and former Gunns boss, John Gay, has been given the go head to manage two family companies. Gay was...
