Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.1KDylan: The Simple Twist of Fate …
The decision of the Nobel awards committee to give Bob Dylan its prize for literature has met with a mixed response. Among...
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A concerned politician’s guide to donations reform
*Pic: Image from HERE ‘I think what the Australian political system needs is a real shock to the system. It needs shaking...
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The fish (story) that the NY Times rejects …
I mourn the absence of an apt moniker for the camel-haired candidate running for President of the United States.The male one. The...
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Basslink: The very secretive State Government …
*Pics: The damage … and the culprit? Geelong Star, before its renaming. And below, Basslink cable damage, including the gouge … From...
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New Forests and its $5m feasibility study …
It seems that New Forests is proposing to spend $5 million on a feasibility study to convert their newly acquired and now...
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NATION: Creepy Clown hysteria …
*Pic: Bri, Flickr Creepy Clown hysteria sweeps the nation, this week. Almost trumping The Donald, CC’s upstage AFL trades and eclipse politics....
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TasWater Should Report in Real-Time, Says Legislative Council
*Pic: Ebony Slade’s pic of Risdon Brook Dam, water supply to the Eastern Shore. Below: Ebony’s shot of Snug Falls. Ebony is...
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Parliament should reject ‘jail without justice’ plan
Australia’s Parliament should not keep people locked in jail after they have served their sentences: it would be against the advice of...
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The reluctance of Tasmanian authorities …
*Pic: Michel Forst UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders accepting copy of Prostitution Narratives from Isla MacGregor at...
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A response to the news that …
“Tasmania Police has completed a review of documentation relating to the Fox Eradication Program. The review determined that no criminal offence has...
