Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.1KThe 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...
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Public disdain for journalism has never been greater
I am currently involved – as a shareholder, active participant and in two cases as a director – in four independent Australian...
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The Parade of Pride
Picture: Tracey Wing About 500 LGBTI Tasmanians and their friends and supporters marched through Hobart last Saturday (Nov 5) to a warm...
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Probe on call for paper bosses to face character tests
THE government’s media inquiry will hear the case for newspaper proprietors to undergo a test for fit and proper character before being...
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What a Tangled Web we weave …
A Response to Dr Volker’s Article (HERE: Wilderness Society associates benefit from government largesse) Is anyone else driven to distraction by the...
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J M Coetzee, Bob Carr to judge TT writer Suzanne
Tasmanian Times contributor Suzanne Cass from Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty has reached the final judging for the prestigious Voiceless media prize (print/online...
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drumMUSTER leads rural recycling revolution
As National Recycling Week moves into full swing, one of the rural industry’s great waste recycling programs continues to work hard for...
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Youth Poll: Democrats will find out what 15-20 year olds really think, want and do
The Australian Democrats will this week begin contacting as many 15-20 year olds as they can throughout Australia to poll them on...
