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805Kevin Rudd: Take a suitcase of humility
If I were forced to name the three pre-eminent giants of history, I would offer Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein....
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Clarence Mayor spoke in favour of water reforms
Well may the Clarence Mayor claim to have told the Treasurer that the water reforms would be a disaster (Merc Oct 7)...
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Mantel named Booker Prize winner
Author Hilary Mantel has been named Man Booker Prize winner for her historical novel Wolf Hall. Mantel, 57, beat five other shortlisted...
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It is time to consider US style anti-trust laws
The farm gate milk price crisis is the latest example of the need to control big national companies. As a local councillor...
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Voters Block
Thought you might like to put this website out there on Tasmanian Times: www.TAPvotersBlock.com It’s being changed on a regular basis as...
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Fire down under
Projections for Australia present a conundrum. It looks likely to escape extreme temperatures rises of 10 °C or more seen elsewhere, but...
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Nothing unexpected here
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/10/06/101575_tasmania-news.html Ha! … nothing unexpected from the government here… but what an irony that the Australian Education Union’s president Leanne Wright has...
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They have learned to hide behind weasel phrases
A few years ago, I travelled through Tasmania with a group of British tourists who had been touring around Australia. They commented...
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Jobs jobs jobs! How many new pulp mill jobs?
There are several competing stories around the pulp mill proposal that we are asked to believe. We can choose to believe Gunns’...
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The Dilemma
Readers, have a look at the policewoman’s face. She is in a dilemma, we too are similarly caught. I quote Don Davey:...
