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960Amnesty International … the sex trade’s new best friend
Feminist Roundup Amnesty International’s recently released Draft Policy on Sex Work, to be considered at the organisation’s 32nd International Council Meeting (ICM)...
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Amnesty International condemned over fast-tracking of sex laws policy
Human Rights and Womens groups along with Survivors have been outraged over the continued attempt by Amnesty International to rail road through...
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Chinatown …
Stills from Chinatown … It was a movie I’d seen long ago. Chinatown starred Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. They were probably...
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The hemp industry frustration …
An article in Sunday’s Examiner (12th July) has highlighted the frustration of those wishing to expand the hemp industry in Tasmania. http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3204481/anger-at-hemp-push-stalemate/?cs=95...
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Turn back the Spirit …
I concur with Roger Dace (Letters, July 7) and applaud him for demonstrating the intestinal courage that so few of the rest...
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Geelong Star now completely off the leash …
Government axes super trawler scientific advisory committee The Federal Government’s Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has disbanded the Small Pelagic Resource Assessment...
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Advocates call for Tas Gov to enforce gay-hate decision
Tasmanian advocates have called on the Tasmanian Government to hold accountable a man who was found to have breached the state’s Anti-Discrimination...
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The hypocrisy … the monumental hypocrisy … ?
Although sport is not the forte of Tasmanian Times, may I raise a matter of sport and the law and the media...
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Colours of the Rainbow …
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Hockey’s defamation win is dark news for democracy and free speech
We should all be careful before saying anything that will hurt our politicians’ feelings: they might sue us for defamation. On Tuesday,...
