Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.6KThe Good, Bad and Ugly of Electroconvulsive or Shock Therapy
There is something about the words “ETC Folder” written down the spine of a K-Mart folder in big blue texta that concentrates...
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Standing up for sex workers is standing up for pimps
Elite academics in Australia love to profess their support for ”sex workers”. University of New South Wales academic Catharine Lumby in ”Sex...
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A canary in a coal mine
REFUGE (n). That which shelters or protects from danger or calamity; a sanctuary inaccessible to an enemy. This is a story about...
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First for Australia – a law to stop governments stacking the ABC Board
A ground-breaking bill was passed in the Senate last night and is expected to be carried by the House of Representatives. In...
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Draft legislation welcomed
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT TASMANIAN FORESTS REFERENCE GROUP OF SIGNATORIES DRAFT LEGISLATION WELCOMED The Signatories Reference Group established under the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental...
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News to shrink divisions in cost-cutting sweep
Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd will slash its operations along Australia’s east coast in a move that is expected to lead to major...
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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador
As Britain’s Supreme Court rejects Julian Assange’s bid to reopen his extradition case, Phillip Adams’ RN Late Night Live looks at how...
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‘Citizen journalists’ can’t replace papers. Fairfax slashes jobs, goes tabloid paywall. Gina looms
Would Nixon get away with it in the Google age? A web of ‘citizen journalists’ cannot replace newspapers. FORTY years ago, five...
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Dr Warwick Raverty: Many acts of bullying and intimidation in CSIRO
Dr Warwick Raverty speaks at a pulp mill rally. Picture: Dave Groves, http://adigitalphotographer.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/once-upon-a-night-time/ The Victims Of CSIRO group was formed in mid-2011...
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I bitterly regret it
The lads’ mag I edited turned a generation on to porn – and now I’m a father I bitterly regret it: A...
