Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.2KGo wild with us this year!
Joy to you this Christmas from Lindsay, James and Bob. There is no better way to communicate these good wishes than this...
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Tassie TV production at risk: Another reason to properly fund ‘Our ABC’
Remarks made by ABC managing director, Mark Scott, that internal television production at ABC Tasmania is not guaranteed is a cause for...
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Fable of a white elephant and pigs that fly
Fables have been associated with Christmas celebrations and pageantry from time immemorial, lightening and brightening this festive occasion for countless millions of...
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Stick a Fork in Her: China’s Done
For the past fifteen years or so, we’ve been reading about how China was destined to take over the world. China had...
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Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union?
Virtually all American commentary about the end of the Soviet Union extols what the West is believed to have gained from that...
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The shake of Rupert’s power finger
Image: HERE Rupert Murdoch is the one man who really fits the media mogul mould, made famous by Evelyn Waugh’s fictional press...
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Support Alison Bleaney to clean up our water
Supporters of Dr Alison Bleaney, campaigner against over-use of pesticides and for clean, healthy water, have a Facebook page well and truly...
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The thumb is proving mightier than a pen
The artist John Olsen recently lamented the decline of handwriting. Many of us do. We bore our children with whimsical tales of...
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What is really needed to address climate change?
I’ll start at the beginning. Or about 56 million years ago, when the dinosaurs had only recently been extinguished and mammals were...
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Martine, Ellen, Steve or Mike?
The race is on and the markets are posted. Mercury editor Garry Bailey’s announcement that he is quitting on January 5 and...
