Tasmanian Times
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822No Federal Police action on Gay
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has declined to go after disgraced former Gunns chairman John Gay by launching a proceeds of crime action....
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The Pulp Mill Follies
This week the Tasmanian parliament will debate, and presumably pass, the Pulp Mill Assessment Amendment Bill 2014 – the so-called ‘doubts removal’...
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Former government heads back plan for honest government
Tasmanians for Transparency has received the endorsement of former state government officials Dr Jocelyn Scutt, Dr Patmalar Ambikapathy Thuraisingham and Mr Barry...
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The art of the reptile
Amazing Scenes: Adventures of a Reptile of the Press (The Fairfax Library, 1987) is a collection of Evan Whitton’s journalism. @EvanWhitton1. Willy-nilly,...
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News appoints Matt Deighton as new Mercury editor
MATT Deighton has been appointed editor of the Mercury. The announcement was made yesterday by News Corp Australia’s chief executive, Julian Clarke....
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An act of little more than foolishness
Dear Legislative Councillors, Tonight (Wed) I attended a meeting in Launceston, with over five hundred other concerned citizens, to bring us up...
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How Korda Mentha instructed Premier Giddings to act. The Legislation …
19 September 2013 The Hon Lara Giddings MP Premier of Tasmania Level 11, Executive Building, 15 Murray St, Hobart Tas 7000 Dear...
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The still unanswered questions about Bob Chappell’s disappearance
• SATURDAY: Andrew Wilkie challenged Brian Wightman and Lara Giddings to call an immediate Commission of Inquiry in front of a large...
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Asylum-seeker policy could amount to crime
There is a legal argument that the government has a case to answer at the International Criminal Tribunal over its treatment of...
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Taken for a Ride
Queensland’s extreme VLAD laws revive the memory of Vlad the Impaler Premier Campbell Newman The VLAD* laws in Queensland are extreme and...
