Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.4KFour Cases …
A little bit mad; only a little bit guilty. This is Evan Whitton’s revised version of a piece on diminished responsibility which...
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NATION, STATE: National conversation called by those who are deaf to all form of entreaty
The Brains Trust … Hockey, Abbott, Bishop, Truss … Canberra is notorious for its gas-baggers, blatherskites, hum-buggers, codswallopers, and hog-washers but lately...
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Assange says Swedish about-face a victory
*Pic: Julian Assange addresses the world from the Ecuadorean Embassy balcony … Julian Assange has told his lawyer it’s a ‘victory’ that...
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Regional newsrooms sliced in half in Fairfax scythe. Tassie next …
Staff at three of Fairfax’s largest Victorian regional papers are bracing for cuts that will slice their newsrooms in half, as the...
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NATION: Resist the Fear and Loathing. First Dog …
Jamal Rifi … In the news yesterday was an article written by Dr Jamal Rifi, who is known as a campaigner against...
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Endangered Species Makes Last Stand At Bellerive
Conservation groups have launched a desperate rearguard action to save a critically endangered species once found at Bellerive Oval. Announcing the campaign,...
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Triggs was attacked for defending the powerless – and one day another PM will apologise for it
By request … Years from now we will be told that we didn’t know then what we do now about our treatment...
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Dying Like An Animal: The Price Of Empathy And How Governments Use Yours Against You
Want to know why some people are more moved by greyhound baiting, than by an Aboriginal death in custody? Why the Abbott...
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NATION: You should care about Brandis’s Creeper Laws. Jamal Rifi. 4-Corners …
The right to privacy is taken for granted by many. Australians assume they can conduct their daily ablutions in peace. They can...
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High Court rejects attempt to make media watchdog toothless
Media accountability in Australia has taken an important step forward with a cut-through High Court decision on the powers of the broadcasting...
