Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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TT campaign: Retrospective Commissions of Inquiry
RICHARD HERR is right. Tasmania needs a Commission of Inquiry — once called a Royal Commission — to investigate a series of...
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Lawyer denies job offer
ABC Online A Hobart Lawyer has told a Parlimentry Inquiry he applied for the Tasmanian Solicitor General’s job but was knocked back....
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Heart of hearts betrayal of the Tamar Valley
Peter Henning This part of the legislation is significant, because just as Gunns has moved from its public position of building the...
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Community calls on PM to protect native forests
vica bayley “Any credible policy to deal with climate change must have forest protection as a top priority.” The public reminders to...
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DPP backs investigative body
Michael Stedman Mercury DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Tim Ellis has thrown strong support behind an independent investigative body for the state. Mr...
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Government may seek to strike out pulp mill case
ABC Online The Supreme Court in Hobart has heard the State Government could apply to strike out a case concerning the pulp...
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UTAS alumni propose new name for Law School
James Beaumont “It’s a well-established brand around Australia”, said Beaumont. “When people hear Piggott Wood & Baker, they think mortgage finance and...
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Gunns pulp mill class action: Register of Interest
Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill Gunns Ltd is still pursuing its goal of a very large chemical pulp mill in the Tamar...
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Anti-SLAPP
Dr Greg Ogle Gunns20 case echoes in new ACT legislation. Historic anti-SLAPP legislation a step to protection of free speech in Australia...
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Tasmania’s Newest Senator to Target Education and Training
MEDIA RELEASE Senator Catryna Bilyk Labor Senator for Tasmania “We [also] need to meet the needs of people from educationally and vocationally...
