Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.4KIt will be a tough 2012
*John Lawrence’s verdict on the State of the State What if the Premier is correct in her repeated claims that we have...
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Easy Peasy …
Dave Groves
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Tasmania: Lagging in Integrity
Going back to 2008 the Tasmanian public was calling for an Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC). The Tasmanian people were dismissed and...
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The Loss of a Champion
Robert Graham Engisch (1944-2011) Northern Tasmania and The Examiner have lost one of their champions with the death of Robert Graham (Bob)...
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Feeling the Heat
Dave Groves
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Tassie’s tough new smoking laws
The Tasmanian State Parliament has banned smoking in outdoor dining areas, at sporting events, bus shelters and playgrounds. The Upper House on...
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TOTE’S $5m losing bet
THE State Government invested $5 million in a sports betting company that its liquidator says was insolvent at the time. Now Government-owned...
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The best way to push bad policy is to wrap it in a ‘security’ blanket
These days, the surest way to gain acceptance for policy proposals that former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry might have called “frankly, bad”...
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Murdoch buries the lead as reshuffle has Hartigan bowing out at News Ltd
RUPERT Murdoch underplayed a key move of his own in his announcement that John Hartigan would step down as chairman and chief...
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Our new climate laws will not endanger economic growth. Tasmania’s Temco smokestacks
THE Hollywood blockbuster 2012 is based on the premise that the end of that year was destined to be the end of...
