Tasmanian Times
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917Former corruption commissioner fears for the future of good governance
On the eve of tomorrow’s Queensland election … Reporter: The man who headed the Commission of Inquiry into corruption in Queensland politics...
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Abbott, Credlin, Murdoch …
His knighting of the Duke in the Australia Day honours list provided final proof to an astonished world that Australia’s beleaguered Prime...
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Hicks, Brandis, Guantanomo … and fear
“Hey, my name is David Hicks,” he shouted, as Senator Brandis wrapped up his address at a Human Rights Awards function. “I...
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Something in the Water … An urgent need to re-evaluate
*Pic: ABC of Dr Alison Bleaney and Dr Marcus Scammell at the George River … In Feb 2010 Bleaney and Scammell released...
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NATION: Manus; We must act …
*Image from here No words could ever describe life in Manus Island Detention Centre, but imagine you are trapped in a makeshift,...
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A request for the removal of an Eric Abetz ad
Tasmanian Times received the following letter from Walter Abetz, brother of Eric Abetz. Senator Abetz is Leader of the Government in the...
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Call for State and Uni to dump Taib Mahmud … and Ta Ann
*Pic: Abdul Taib Mahmud … Five years after Sarawak Report first exposed Taib Mahmud’s questionable links with Adelaide University, the university’s Vice-Chancellor...
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The fall and fall of The Mercury
The Mercury – Tasmania’s largest circulation newspaper – is in deep, deep trouble. A leaked News Corporation Australia’s financial report from July...
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Tasmanian achievement a matter of national pride
Australian Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne is congratulating fellow Tasmanian Rodney Croome on his courageous and persistent activism for gay rights and...
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Fact-Checking Julia Jabour and Indi Hodgson-Johnston
*Pic: The Bob Barker pursues the illegally-fishing Thunder through a gale … The Sam Simon has collected more than 60km of net...
