Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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Be Aware, Commissioner Jack
Bob McMahon Be aware Commissioner, that in your attempt to solve an anticipated problem you will assuredly create a much bigger one....
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Police gear up to cope with pulp mill protest
Mark Worley Mercury TASMANIA Police has crafted a plan to deal with big protests at Gunns’ proposed pulp mill. Commissioner Jack Johnston...
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The need for a public ethics commission
Henry Melville Tasmanian Times readers……are you going to be a mob of sheep roused together by the sheep dogs, sent through the...
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889Here’s lookin’ at you
Peter Salamanca, midday, Friday I looked up as I walked over to Salamanca Place and saw – not one, but three CCTV...
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Life: A Day at the Magistrates Court
Margot Giblin …”I don’t have a license. Who cares?” The police did. So did the magistrate. It was hoped that the defendant...
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Drug sniffing dogs
Edith Abraham Unfortunately, the most likely result of this initiative is a further backlog in the already overcrowded services which would prefer...
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Ethics: Fix whistleblower laws first
Isla MacGregor Ms MacGregor said “While many Tasmanians are calling for an ICAC or an Ethics Commission our whistleblowers are avoiding using...
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Ethics: David Bartlett is wrong
Lindsay Tuffin ON his first day as Premier David Bartlett wore a tie that Jim Bacon once wore. Is it possible to...
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A cancer in our midst
Mike Bolan The cancer that our governments have allowed forestry to become, has infected our institutions (RPDC, Councils), our governments (DAFF), our...
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Brown loses logging battle
Michael Stedman Mercury TASMANIAN Greens senator Bob Brown has lost his two-year fight to prevent logging in the Wielangta Forest. Forestry Tasmania...
