Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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822Big Brother is watching … and disseminating your personal data …
Big Brother is on the prowl … quite apart from Edward Snowden’s (and the Guardian’s) consistent whistle-blowing on surveillance comes a first-hand...
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I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there
In 1984, Derek Bromley was convicted of murder on the say of a schizophrenic and disputed forensic evidence. Now, his appeal may...
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2013 Review of the Moratorium on GMOs in Tasmania
Background to the Review Since 2001 Tasmania has had a moratorium on the use of GMOs in primary industries for marketing purposes....
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Legal aid funding crisis
The Tasmanian Greens today renewed calls for increased funding to the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania and other community legal organisations. Greens...
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100 days, 40 failures: a preview of a secretive, cruel and chaotic government. MYEFO
Releasing a list of the Abbott government’s top failures, the Australian Greens say the first 100 days have been a secretive, cruel...
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The Case for a National Criminal Cases Review Commission
The Chief Justice of England, Lord Igor Judge said recently in Sydney, “the prospect of an innocent person being convicted of a...
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Continued …
… Conclusion to The Case for a National Criminal Cases Review Commission … The fourth case was the well known case of...
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Nepotism claims at the government’s north-west health organisation
There are claims of nepotism at the senior level of Tasmania’s Health Department. Health Department staff have made allegations relating to the...
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The Remedy: The investigative system is better in every respect …
This is the 31st extract from Our Corrupt Legal System, by Evan Whitton (@EvanWhitton1) available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp. The story so far...
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Death of the Forestry Department: Part 3
The Lake Leake scandal received a lot of publicity in the 1940s. Witnesses gave strangely contradictory evidence to the Royal Commission and...
