Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.2KExplosive letter confirms Gunns voluntarily gave up contracts, rights
Previously secret communications between Gunns and Forestry Tasmania, obtained by the Liberals under Right to Information laws, blows a massive hole in...
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Council kickbacks ‘tip of the iceberg’
WHISKEY, coats, camcorders, holidays and iPods were just the tip of the iceberg when it came the slew of freebies on offer...
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Should there be a maximum wage? Wall St demos. How traders really think …
Faiza We need a maximum wage to complement the minimum wage. That is, we need maximum pay ratios within companies and across...
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The Chronicle 61: Farewell Deon du Plessis
Deon du Plessis marched into the editor’s office for his interview for the position of trainee journalist on the broadsheet Star, Johannesburg....
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Wilkie to complain over Ch 9 pokie comments
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he and Senator Nick Xenophon will lodge a formal complaint over Channel Nine’s airing of comments on...
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Action on marine plastic needed
ACTION ON MARINE PLASTIC NEEDED The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Environment Minister to ensure the protection of Tasmania’s marine creatures...
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Harvard’s Kindness Pledge
This year Harvard freshmen started what administrators hope will be a new tradition: they signed a pledge promising to uphold values tied...
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Did defaulting rescue Argentina and could it work for Greece?
In 2001 Argentina announced it was going to restructure its international debt, thereby triggering the biggest default in history. Twelve months later...
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Get Arthur-Pieman tracks closure on track
The Tasmanian Greens today called for the Environment Minister to ensure that the recommendations made in the Parks and Wildlife Service’s Arthur...
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Brown condemns Japan’s blood money
The reported decision of Japan to spend $27 million of public money on killing whales in Antarctica this summer must rate as...
