Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.3KIs the Methane time bomb about to be released?
*Satire: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/ used with permission … Global warming through our excessive use of fossil fuels is undeniably before us. Whilst drastic...
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‘Archer Must Explain Decision not to Exit Macquarie Harbour’
*Pic: Fish farms in Macquarie Harbour … The death of 1.38 million fish in Macquarie Harbour last summer confirms a catastrophic regulatory...
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‘350 year-old celery-top pine logged in Tarkine …
*Pic: Banner from tree-sit Rapid River protest … The banner Bob Brown Foundation is calling for an immediate end to logging in...
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Has Tasmania’s Parks & Wildlife Service lost the plot big time?
Most Tasmanians are fully aware that our National Parks are rapidly becoming tourist development venues, and easily accessible commodities for insensitive developers...
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I am a liberal. But I know Democrats in office are no better than Republicans
I launched a local paper to hold power to account, even when those in power lean as far left as I do...
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Telstra … the company Australians love to hate …
*Pic: Telstra businesswomen celebrate … For many people, technical issues with phones, computers and internet connections are constant irritations. Such irritations are...
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NATION: Hastie goes over the top while Hanson spills the beans …
*Pic: Andrew Hastie from the WA Libs website … Petty, vindictive, political bastardry, the signature theme of our bastardised, post-modern, dog-eat-dog politics,...
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A quick fix to your 15 Minutes of Fame?
*Pic: The insipid Dove Lake photo station – Pic Martin Hawes Pic: Rolf Ellersiek Our modern narcissistic world is all about personal...
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Cable car: Richard Flanagan’s speech in full …
*Pic: Rob Walls of Richard Flanagan … Pic: Rob Walls ( https://thisworkinglife.wordpress.com/ ) of Bob Brown with his thumb down … Pic:...
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Hodgman Liberal Government subsidies to Vedanta’s Mt Lyell mine
Recent police shootings of demonstrators in Tamil Nadu in India protesting against Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper Smelter raises serious questions over the Hodgman...
