Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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828Time for Turnbull to walk the talk on gay marriage
It is an abomination that Michael Kirby is gay. Ever since Malcolm Turnbull introduced me to him in Sydney decades ago, when...
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The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia
Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia. Of course, you won’t hear the...
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Flatlining Gunns now faces $64m tax bill
Graphic: Tamar Devil Tasmanian timber company Gunns is facing a multi-million-dollar tax bill. The company has told the Securities Exchange that it...
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Political donations: campaign for reform
RUNNING for Parliament is an expensive business. Gone are the days when all a hopeful-politician needed was a megaphone and an army...
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The gross failure of animal cruelty sentencing
Wags … Last week, Jamie Peter Smart, 32, walked free from the Hobart Magistrates’ Court after being convicted on charges of aggravated...
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NAB loans to ‘Fat Tony’ Mokbel and the missing files
Tony Mokbel bewigged: is this the worst disguise in history? Contributing editor-at-large for Independent Australia Tess Lawrence reports on the links between...
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Police to merge districts, cut senior jobs
Cost-cutting …? A speed camera disguised as a builder’s trailer. Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ Costly … ! The now-mothballed MV Fortescue Tasmania’s...
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Australian prostitution laws helping Korean human traffickers
State government laws endorsing prostitution and brothels are being used by human traffickers to entice young Asian women into the trade, according...
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Back off Walsh, says Brown
A TAX Office lawsuit seeking $37 million in back taxes from MONA founder David Walsh could cast a shadow over plans to...
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Simon Overland named new Tasmanian Secretary of Justice
Simon Overland named new Tasmanian Secretary of Justice Peter Rolfe Herald Sun July 04, 2012 4:40PM FORMER Victoria Police chief Simon Overland...
