Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.8KWho is going to hold this company to account?
I moved into Giblin St, Lenah Valley, opposite K&D’s raw delivery material at the end of 2005. A week after moving in...
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$195m pokie losses. Wilkie: Bryan Green misleads Tasmania; I won’t back down
The Tasmanian Greens today said the latest monthly in arrears figures on pokies losses are yet another tragic expose of Labor’s callous...
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Urgent need for patrol vessel: Brown
Today brings further evidence of the need for Australia to send a patrol boat to the Southern Ocean to monitor Japanese whalers,...
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A pox on both their houses …
Tony Burke’s press release (http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/burke/2011/mr20120113.html) contains the spurious statement: “In accordance with the requirements of the Intergovernmental Agreement, which commits to honouring...
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The Tragedy of Wags
In 2009, Wags the Border Collie was seized from his owner, Peter Alexander Thomas, starved, dehydrated, unable to stand, and with sunken,...
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Who is scarier Romney or Ahmadinejad?
The Doomsday clock has ticked another minute closer to midnight on the back of global uncertainty on how to deal with the...
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Pokies: Greens say all roads lead to one dollar
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown says all roads in the debate over poker machines are now leading top the Greens’ one...
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The Chronicle 63: James A. Jones
Don Bentley sat in the Hobart Magistrate’s Court, waiting for his name to be called. The matter at hand was a contested...
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Why cannot we treat the refugees with more humanity
Last week the Australian public has heard more heart-rending news of suicides of refugees who have been imprisoned long periods of time...
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The urban speed paradox: time pressure, cars and health
Time pressure is an almost universal experience for residents of modern cities. The feeling of constantly having to rush is a serious...
