Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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752Julia, you are safe with me … and LATEST NEWSPOLL poll
Julia Gillard and Labor flatlining with voters: Newspoll by: Dennis Shanahan, Political editor From: The Australian January 31, 2012 12:00AM SUPPORT for...
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Labor Inaction Threatens State’s Clean Green Image
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Labor Party to help address the state’s appalling litter problem by supporting the Greens’ push...
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Learning lessons from legalising prostitution in Victoria
“Old Man Beguiled by Courtesans,” by Lucas Cranach, oil on panel. It was reported on the ABC 20/01/12 that Tasmania’s Attorney-General Brian...
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Strip search row: Children’s Commissioner must have powers. Heat on O’Byrne
The Tasmanian Greens today said the recent incident involving police strip searching a minor highlighted the need for the Children’s Commissioner to...
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Race to save Ecuador’s ‘lungs of the world’ park
Image, HERE The Yasuni National Park, known as “the lungs of the world” and one of the most bio-diverse places on earth,...
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Tess Lawrence versus McKean Park Lawyers and the NAB
Independent Australia Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence fronts the Federal Court in Melbourne tomorrow in her appeal against the bankruptcy order made against...
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The fundamental injustice of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
Image, HERE The fundamental injustice of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 arises from the way the state government grants these exploration...
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Harp Seals On Thin Ice After 32 Years of Warming
ScienceDaily (Jan. 4, 2012) — Warming in the North Atlantic over the last 32 years has significantly reduced winter sea ice cover...
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Killer Drones, Dieback and Democracy
On Wednesday 29 September 2011, one day after he had been found guilty by Justice Mordecai Bromberg of breaching the Racial Discrimination...
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‘Democracy does not apply to Aboriginal people’
Photo by bixentro under a CC Licence Michael, you’ve been one of the initiators of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy that has been...
