Tasmanian Times
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864Kidnapped in Iraq; attacked in Australia
Baghdad. Friday, 16 October 2004. Almost as soon as my vehicle left the front gates of the compound, I realised something was...
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With a rare touch of restraint the term tree-hugging was not used …
There is a journalist at the Examiner, whose role seems curiously restricted. He writes the odd book review, and a weekly column...
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Rupert … my part in his (near) downfall. MPs circle the Scion
Rupert … my part in his (near) downfall. I do not wish to initiate accusations of Hitler-various-associative syndromes. This is meant to...
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Reflections from the vigil-site, Long Reach
REFLECTIONS: What brought me here? It’s a long story, you’d have to say. We are all part of it in different ways....
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Brown counters Abbott’s offer
The Greens are offering the Gillard government help to implement the most popular option on asylum seekers which is to process them...
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Locked on! Misleading information and bias in The Examiner. TV ads. Gunns … but no Roses
Garry Stannus: Shortly after 7:00am this morning, outside the gate to Gunns’ Longreach property, a Hazell Brothers low loader, carrying a roller,...
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What Does the Community Lose if the Tasmanian Theatre Company Closes? Damian Bugg responds …
What Does the Community Lose if the Tasmanian Theatre Company Closes – the only full time professional theatre company in the state...
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I am writing to express my extreme disappointment. Damian Bugg responds …
1 September, 2011 Dear Premier, I am writing to express my extreme disappointment at your government’s decision to withdraw all funding from...
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Bad News: Murdoch’s Australian and the Shaping of the Nation
Quarterly Essay 43 Bad News: Murdoch’s Australian and the Shaping of the Nation Robert Manne This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of...
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Biofuels – the good, the bad and the ugly
Wood fuel The original biofuel, as used in the discovery of fire and a firm favourite for millions of years. Jargon: ‘Biomass’...
