Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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885Pokies: Woeful arguments of Bacon and Rockliff
DISAPPOINTING OUTCOME ON $1 BET LIMIT IN STATE PARLIAMENT The anti-pokies lobby group, Put People Before Pokies, Tasmania! was today disappointed in...
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FSC meets TAP: A Citizen’s Report
It was just bad luck that TAP’s meeting with FSC Australia chief executive Natalie Reynolds happened on the coldest day of the...
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Federal Court extends injunction on Tarkine mine. Awards costs to applicant
Justice Marshall has this morning granted an extension of the injunction against works at the Shree Minerals’ Nelson Bay River proposed mine...
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Beach Bums Triumph
Tasmanian politicians have thrown their support behind a nude swim event which was cancelled when police threatened to arrest participants. The ban...
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Rudd’s gay change of heart
RUDD’S SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY WILL PROMPT OTHER MPS AND CHRISTIANS TO DO THE SAME – PRESSURE ON ABBOTT AND GILLARD TO...
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Origin of the adversary system
This is the seventh extract from Our Corrupt Legal System by legal historian Evan Whitton. The story so far: English common law...
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Peter Gutwein Word Cloud
Curtis Le Mays Nose
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The ‘blackmail provisions’ in the TFA Act
Tasmanian Forests Agreement How it burdens the freedom of political communication 1. Details of the legislative process The Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act...
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The Old Lady goes on display
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Big bank evicts Bill Oddie over Sarawak protest
Naturalist and comedian Bill Oddie has been filmed being evicted from HSBC’s London headquarters while protesting against the bank’s business ties to...
