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768NATION: In Hiding … Carbon tax bill introduced. Tony’s plan for Tassie
The Opposition has accused the Government of hiding behind the military to avoid answering tough questions on border protection, as a Jakarta...
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In the face of all this unspeakable cruelty to Australian animals …
The Bader 111 The Barly Pearl The Ocean Drover Israel Kuwait Mauritus Crammed on an aircraft The Abbott government has said that...
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Justice system would be a ‘laughing stock’
Tasmania’s justice system will be “a laughing stock”, if calls for an independent review of the Sue Neill-Fraser murder conviction are refused,...
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24 truth-defeating devices (5)
This is the 26tth extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp The story so far English common...
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Four Ways to Improve the Culture of Commenting
In my Riff for this past weekend’s magazine, I write about the history of online comments and how they came to often...
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STATE: Buyers Beware; Pulp mill permit may be declared invalid. Jobs go etc …
Garry Stannus’ pictures of 10,000-strong protest march through Launceston against the pulp mill on Sat 23 August 2008 The Tasmanian Conservation Trust...
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You Hypocrites!
I am a 42 year-old family man who has been married to a wonderful woman for 19 years. We have been together...
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The Nation: PM Abbott must break silence and act for Colin Russell
Following new uncertainty around charges laid against Australian Colin Russell and his possible prison transfer in Russia, Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne...
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Letter sent to UN regarding arbitrary eviction of public housing tenants
3 November 2013 Ms Raquel Rolnik United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing c/o Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for...
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24 truth-defeating devices (4)
This is the 25tth extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp . The story so far. English...
