Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.1KMachiavelli was alive and well in the Hobart Tally Room last Saturday …
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian Renaissance writer whose great contribution to history was to give politicians a bad name. He was...
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NATION: Despite light at the end of the tunnel, journey ahead will not be smooth …
“Despite the light at the end of the tunnel, the journey ahead will not be smooth.” – Wang-Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister. China’s...
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Turnbull’s parliamentary circus …
The Saturday Paper gives one free read a week. This is a brilliant summation of the Turnbull years. The legislative record of...
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‘‘Catastrophic’ decreases of Tassie ducks ahead of annual shoot’
*Pic: Last year’s protest … Comment 7: … ‘Photographer, Michelle Powell, who so generously lent her time and talents to document the...
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A new piece of Social Infrastructure …
*Satire: Far-Right Failed PM Tony Abbott … satire by DonkeyHotey, flickr First published March 8 Further to a couple of articles on...
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Rocket Men …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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Tasmanian democracy is bought … democracy is sold …
“When corporate or other interests hand over cash to a political party they are entitled to expect that it will act in...
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No Right(s) to Information
*Pic: The buck stops here … Premier Will Hodgman Here is another shocking example of chopped funding by this state government. The...
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Money well spent on women’s health in the sex trade … or not … ?
*Pic: New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, 2010, Stepping Forward … The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) was founded in 1987, ostensibly to aid...
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Borders …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
