Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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849Harriss Amendments Threaten FSC
The Forests Minister Paul Harriss, must confirm whether he has sought formal advice from Forestry Tasmania regarding the impact of his last-minute...
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News Corp cuts up rough …
Media giant News Corp – which controls a majority of the nation’s print media – has cut up rough, threatening legal action...
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I sat … where my ancestor sat, transported for machine-breaking …
Today … The People protest against the Protest Bill outside Parliament House. Pic: Dan Broun. *Pic: Isaac Iles, Rodney Croome’s ancestor. Says...
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The Mitchell Judgment
What Stop Tasmanian Animal Curelty says … click here to find out
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Who is Nathan Carswell?
Nathan Carswell seems to be a man of strong opinions: he loves the idea of building a cable car up kunanyi/Mt Wellington,...
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Hundreds rally to oppose Tasmania’s repressive anti-protest laws
*Photo by Alan Leisham Today in Hobart’s City Hall, 900 people rallied to oppose the Tasmanian Government’s protest legislation. Speakers included Richard...
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Guy Barnett and The Witch Hunters: Answer these questions, Mr Barnett …
*Pic: Guy Barnett, instigator of the inquiry … Georgie Burgess, writing in The Examiner of Wednesday August 13th, quotes Mr Terry Edwards:...
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Tasmania has Important Role to Play to Progress Medicinal Cannabis Trials
The sudden intervention by the Commonwealth to overturn Norfolk Island’s approval for medicinal cannabis trials is a predictable display of narrow-minded and...
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Down Memory Lane
*Pic: Sketch which was done when Ali fronted the court and got sent down … Walking down memory lane is not all...
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Tin Dragon Trail Cottages is Powered by a Dream
Christine Booth tells the incredible story of a mini-Hydro dream which confronted every form of bureaucratic challenge … My husband Graham is...
