Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.2KQuestions, but no Answers, in Hobart
I wasn’t invited, so I watched online, and I had to wait until it was almost over to see the best bit...
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The terrible threat of political violence
The recent tragic events in Norway emphasise the need for political debate to be conducted by media commentators and politicians in a...
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‘Eco-pirate’ Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat
Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages “Eco-pirate” Paul Watson is losing a...
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Three quarters of Australians back mandatory limits on poker machines
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed another in a long line of national polls showing overwhelming support for poker...
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Gazing wistfully at old magazines…
Now this isn’t about photography, though I guess it was driven by a nostalgia for the great picture magazines of the 1960s....
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Framing The Narrative: Murdoch v. Assange
I should be doing something else right now. As my wife frequently reminds me, I don’t get paid to write about WikiLeaks....
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Amid the Murdoch scandal, there is the acrid smell of business as usual
In Scoop, Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant satire on the press, there is the moment when Lord Copper, owner of the Daily Beast, meets...
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UNDERSTANDING WOOD
Karl Stevens
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I hope I’ll be an example to others
Tasmania’s Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, has been disqualified from driving for three months after pleading guilty in the Magistrates Court in Hobart...
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Plantations up in biomass smoke
EXCLUSIVE: Great Southern Plantations receiver McGrathNicol is under attack over the foreign sell-off of 252,000ha of farm land. And the chief executive...
