Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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936Mike Baird replaces Barry O’Farrell
New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell says he will resign owing to a “significant memory fail on my part” when giving evidence...
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Barry’s last Cabernet Meeting
George
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Government department libraries being closed to public access
Tasmanians for Transparency (TfT) has been alarmed to discover that several Government Departmental Libraries have been closed to public access. We have...
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Parliamentary fascinations …
Mick
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Convicted insider trader John Gay cleared to run companies again
Convicted insider trader and former Gunns boss, John Gay, has been given the go head to manage two family companies. Gay was...
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Live export industry leaves Wilkie on the dock
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has condemned the live animal export industry which this morning effectively withdrew an invitation for...
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What would be the effect on farmers if there was contamination of the water table … ?
Image from here One of the last projects agreed by the now departed Giddings government was awarding a licence for unconventional oil...
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Forests: Reality bites for Paul and Will …
• Eye of the storm … Resources Minister Paul Harriss with Premier Will Hodgman. Mr Harris is reported as saying the Liberal...
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ABC: PM Abbott risks being branded a liar
“If Mr Abbott does not promptly deny reports that the Government plans to cut ABC funds he risks being branded a liar,”...
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Japanese whalers plan return to hunt. Abbott turns a blind eye.
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson responds to the news that Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research has used court proceedings in the United States against...
