Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.2KTasmanians Ordered to Stay In
From midnight tonight Tasmanians are ordered to stay at home. Premier Gutwein announced the order this morning. He said there will be...
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Wage Subsidy Backed by 93 Economic Experts in Open Letter
93 Australian economists and policy experts have signed an open letter, initiated by the Centre for Future Work, supporting a government wage subsidy...
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Privacy vs Pandemic: Govt Tracking Mobile Phones could be Potent Weapon against COVID-19
Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at...
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Fourth Estate: COVID-19 Coverage, Avoiding Panic And Fake News
This week the all-remote panel discusses how the media has gone covering COVID19, did the media feed into the feeling of panic...
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Little Laydybird Book of COVID-19
This COVID-19 spoof of a Little Ladybird Book has been doing the rounds on social media. We don’t know who created it....
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Fighting fire with fire … and fauna
Climate change is aggravating the seasonal burns that Australia has always known. They won’t be snuffed out, but new ecological strategies may...
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LGAT President Holmdahl: Local Government Under Stress
Local government in Tasmania faces a very uncertain future, like most sectors. Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) President Christina Holmdahl said...
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Prisons Problem Looms
Tasmania is facing a prisons problem as the risk of coronavirus grows. In Iran, authorities released tens of thousands of prisoners in...
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The Flattening Curve
Editor’s note: It is our policy not to run any ‘advice’ regarding health issues other than from medical experts. That said, there...
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AMA Wants ‘Medi-Hotel’ Quarantine
The Australian Medical Association says Tasmania needs access to ‘medi-Hotel’ quarantine isolation to support all patients who are infectious with COVID-19 but...
