Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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886NATION: Corks pop for Gonski 2.0 but Turnbull government has nothing to celebrate …
*Pic: of Simon Birmingham, from Twitter. Image from here Corks pop and peals of laughter ring out over the disco beat of...
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NATION: Turnbull government in crisis as ministers face contempt charges
*Pic: Image from HERE A life-threatening political and constitutional crisis is brewing for the Turnbull government this week as three Ministers of...
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Who runs politics? The Dead Camel Party? The Shitters’ Party?
First published June 16 Taxpayers fund the legal system and pay the wages of judges, prosecutors, court officials, and long-suffering detectives. It...
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The Peter Principle …
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Just Incredible … the $70 million payout …
*Pic: Flickr, global panorama … Incredibly, it has cost the Federal Liberal Government $70 million in compensation to more than 1900 asylum...
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Lilydale Water Supply: correcting a $7m error …
*Pic: Map from Forest Practices Plan MJF0189. Rocky Creek water intake red star left. First published June 12 In 2009 the well-known...
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‘BirdLife Australia calls for immediate end to the Tasmanian RFA and logging on Bruny Island’
Swift Parrot. ©Eric Woehler Swift Parrot. ©Eric Woehler Wedge-tailed Eagle. ©Eric Woehler First published June 9 BirdLife Australia, Australia’s oldest conservation organisation,...
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LIES …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner – See more at: http://oldtt.pixelkey.biz/index.php?/weblog/article/nation-trumps-paris-exit-spells-real-trouble-for-turnbull/#sthash.q25CY7SC.dpuf The scandal of Donald Trump’s alleged ties to...
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Unofficial Dark Mofo fringe event to protest forestry firestorms
*Pic: Matthew Newton, http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/ Bob Brown Foundation will launch an event at Hobart’s Waterside Pavilion this evening. INCENDIARY features projected art and...
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‘Legal slip strengthens case to remove Minister Gutwein from local government portfolio’
First published June 7 TASMANIA’S longest-serving Mayor says the failure of Treasurer Peter Gutwein to provide financial modelling, proper planning and a...
