Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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975Peter Greste and Al Jazeera: Death on the Nile
*Pic: Image fromTwitter, here The unjust conviction of Peter Greste and other Al Jazeera journalists continues a long and often bloody vendetta...
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Rebuked, Rebuffed, Reviled!
*Pic: Florentine by Bob Brown World Heritage Committee rebukes Australia by rejecting request to axe Tasmania’s forests • Abbott Government needs to...
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Andy Coulson guilty over phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks walks free
• Former Downing Street spin doctor convicted by jury • Ex-NoW editor Brooks cleared of all charges • David Cameron apologises for...
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DPP Tim Ellis found guilty of causing death by negligent driving
Tasmania’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Tim Ellis, has been found guilty of causing death by negligent driving. Ellis’s car crashed head-on into...
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The Queens Riddle
Tony Abbott asks the Queen, “Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give...
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When words are bullets
*Pic: Greste in the Egyptian dock … On 4 June a shot was fired around the world from Canberra at a Senate...
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Call for Federal corruption watchdog
The recently retired head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption has called for the establishment of a federal anti-graft agency with the...
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It would signal the end of the ABC and must be strongly opposed …
A Federal Government commissioned report recommending outsourcing of all ABC television programs is totally out of touch with the responsibilities of the...
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Greste guilty
*ABC Pic of: Peter Greste (centre) with fellow prisoners in the court cage Australian journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues...
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Indigenous people appeal to World Heritage Committee
Dear Madame Chair and member states of the World Heritage Committee, My name is Rocky Sainty; I am pakana man from Tasmania,...
