Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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841DPP 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
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Human rights crisis in Sarawak, Hydro Tasmania culpable as Murum Dam floods
Huon Valley Environment Centre’s Jenny Weber said, “We are protesting today at Hydro Tasmania head office in Hobart, in solidarity with the...
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Copy that! Tony’s example helps Mercury fall, Sport …
There has been much railing against the inclusion of only one woman in Tony Abbott’s Coalition Cabinet. And it’s worth noting that...
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Is it illegal to turn back boats in international waters to Indonesia?
Indonesian politician Tantowi Yahya was asked on Lateline whether he believed that “the policy of turning back these boats in international waters...
