Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.2KFamous historian inaccurate on Napoleon …
Evan Whitton gently corrects him … Andrew Roberts’ Napoleon The Great (Penguin 2015) is 936 pages set in 8.98 on 12.15 Sablon....
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Isla’s Feminist Roundup …
• Psychologist and author Steve Biddulph backs petition for @Coles and @Woolworths to bin Zoo Weekly #losetheladsmags: Coles, Woolworths: tips for coercing...
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Keep it in the ground …
On Friday (recently), I stepped down as editor of the Guardian. Six months ago, when I announced my decision, I said I...
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Tony Abbott is almost certainly a British dual citizen — and so he can’t be our PM
Independent Australia Managing editor David Donovan explains why he has just come to the view that Tony Abbott is very likely to...
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Gillian Triggs has the right to criticise politicians’ use of power, says Labor
Human rights commissioner can target politicians for over-reaching ministerial power, Chris Bowen says, but MPs don’t have to agree with her Gillian...
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What is a politician … ?
While stitching a cut on the hand of a local 75 year old farmer previously caught in the squeeze gate while working...
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The questions around the NBN rollout
Last week, the NBN rollout in Tassie was thrown into chaos when one of the major subcontractors carrying out the work (a...
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The liquidation of Nature
*Pics: Biomass furnaces … The liquidation of nature in Tasmania’s forests would be a serious and inevitable consequence of biomass burning the...
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Advocates to pursue legal challenge against anti-bias exemption
Image from former Senator Brian Greig’s article on TT here: Tasmania introduces “religious freedom” legislation, just days after Indiana scraps it Exemption...
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NATION: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers …
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers, But Were Too Afraid To Ask Ever wondered why the...
