Tasmanian Times
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718Government must speak out on heavy handed treatment of activists – Greens
The Greens want the government to do more to secure the release of Australian (Tasmanian) Colin Russell and other activists being held...
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Death in Amsterdam
As Tasmania debates voluntary assisted dying law reform, Margaretta Pos tells a very personal story … One spring day in Hobart, I...
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Tasmanian markets in danger from noisy pro-GE lobby
The Tasmanian Greens today warned that Tasmanian primary producers who benefit from Tasmania’s GE moratorium were in serious danger of being drowned...
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DPP pleads not guilty to charge of causing death by negligent driving
A Hobart court has heard all Tasmanian magistrates have disqualified themselves from hearing a negligent driving case involving the Director of Public...
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Councillor seeks legal advice after a Grand Final scuffle with Deputy Premier Bryan Green
A Northern Midlands councillor claims he was punched in the face by Tasmanian Deputy Premier Bryan Green at the AFL Grand Final....
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RBA, ASIC must answer to Parliament on corruption claims: Bandt. Brandis ‘hypocrite’
Greens Deputy Leader, Adam Bandt, has called for an inquiry into the Reserve Bank of Australia following disturbing new claims of illegal...
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24 truth-defeating devices
This is the 22nd extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp . The story so far. English...
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Keith Dunstan and his place in the Australian sun
In time to avoid the grand final frenzy he famously deplored, Australia loses one of its great journalists, writers and voices —...
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Emergency Protest against Illegal Deportation to Place of Further Persecution
Photo by David Fedele of the aftermath of Operation Sunset Merona The West Papuan refugee community and supporters of refugee rights will...
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I wonder where they get the filling?
Sunday morning … LauncestonDave Groves
