Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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The Gunns lawsuit
Guardian, UK: In a battle reminiscent of the McLibel trial, environmental campaigners are facing legal action from a giant logging firm –...
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Torture chamber
US exclusion of Geneva principle would be a victory for expediency over principle “Moves by the Pentagon to exclude a key principle...
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My first lawsuit
“HE’S here for you.” I knew immediately — “he” was Harold. No-one ever came to visit us at such an early hour....
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A bunch of Hicks
UNTILl recently I had not taken a close interest in the David Hicks affair, not so much for reasons of disinterest but...
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Gunns a loser
Extract: TASMANIAN timber giant Gunns Ltd yesterday lost a bid to terminate a contract because of a collapse in the market for...
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Dear Senators
Honorable Senators, TODAY you will be asked to ratify the ‘anti-terror’ laws proposed by the federal government. It is vital to understand...
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On the record
The Examiner newspaper is now, through its lawyers, making threats to institute defamation proceedings against Tasmanian Times. It has made similar threats...
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Here we stand
Tasmanian Times exists to to be a forum which takes seriously a democratic society’s right for individuals to express their opinion on...
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A letter to The Examiner
I note the letter seeks, “you delete the current publication on the internet site and desist from making any further allegations about...
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The Vercoe witch-hunt
RARELY does the sentence handed down by a judicial officer in this state attract weeks of controversy. But the two years imprisonment...
