Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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865For women’s organisations, a historic step forward towards gender equality …
[Brussels, 26 February 2014] The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) warmly welcomes the vote of the European Parliament today which recognises that prostitution...
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More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary
Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...
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Cape Barren urgently needs law and order before someone gets killed
This image of Cape Barren was taken in 2006, showing bushfires. Michael Mansell fears a human conflagration … I am taking the...
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Liberals make key commitments but Greens and Labor streets ahead
A survey of key election issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Tasmanians shows the Liberal Party has made commitments...
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Sea Shepherd ambushed in night attack … Open Letter
Monday February 24, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — At approximately 1936 AEDT yesterday, the Japanese whaling fleet launched an unprovoked six-hour night...
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Forest Protester sent to jail in Tasmania
Nishant Datt will spend one month in jail after breaching a suspended sentence whilst participating in a protest at the Huon Valley...
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Major Tasmanian Political Parties Confirm Support For Permanent Super Trawler Ban
Tasmania’s three major political parties have responded to public concern about the impact of super trawlers and confirmed their support for a...
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Liberals demand answers on why the public has been kept in the dark on AIDS charges
HEALTH Minister Michelle O’Byrne needs to tell the public why a suppression order was placed on a court case involving a man...
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FSC Preliminary Assessment of Forestry Tasmania
Public Notification Letter To: Interested Parties From: SCS Global Services Date: February 19th, 2014 Re: Notification of FSC Preliminary Assessment of Forestry...
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Bertrand Cadart races ahead …
Just as I was preparing a piece on the self-promoting so-called flamboyant inarticulate antipodean frog-mayor Bertrand Cadart, he has raced ahead of...
