Tasmanian Times
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934Pictures of protests
Forest activists hang a banner from the ceiling of Forestry Tasmania head office in Hobart. A forest activists plays the sound of...
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In the new digital world, ‘sunset’ media can’t cling to old ways
When a media proprietor such as Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes describes newspapers as a “sunset industry”, it goes without saying that...
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The Asturias Pledge, A Shoppers Guide To Pesticides
UN press release EXPERTS AT UN MEETING URGE ACTION TO COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF CANCER. (New York; 18 March, 2011) Medical experts...
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Once a jolly clever swagman tried in vain to help homeless
You don’t expect Australian charities to be winning international design awards. Then again, you mightn’t expect the world epicentre of supersize houses...
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Christmas Island asylum seekers desperate to escape hell
Imagine the following scenario: you are innocent of any crime, yet you are locked up behind rings of chain-link fences and razor...
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Sunday Tasmanian: Our award-winning writers
JOURNALISTS working for the Mercury and the Sunday Tasmanian won awards in four categories at the Tasmanian Media Awards in Hobart last...
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Tasmurkastasi
On Tasmanian Times: Lara bans peaceful forest vigil. Forestry Tas HQ protest. Ta Ann HQ picket arrests Mercury: Forest protest vigils banned...
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The Clayton’s Moratorium
Dave Groves
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The Drinks are on You
Karl Stevens
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Mercury jobs on the line. Art Deco Facade to be sold …
Unions say senior journalists at the Mercury newspaper in Hobart are still in the dark about possible job cuts under moves to...
