Tasmanian Times
International
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1.3KThe Direct Help
Many humanitarian institutions like Plan International (Australia) and World Vision (Australia) are working towards improving the lives of millions all over the...
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Basslink’s website woes
NOW BASSLINK HAS WEBSITE PROBLEMS ‘509 – Bandwidth exceeded’ (see image above) “Not a good look for an infrastructure/telecomms company”, said one...
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Tasmanian parliament to host screening of explosive pokies documentary …
The Tasmanian parliament will host a March 16 screening of an explosive documentary about poker machines, which spurred a legal challenge that...
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What can you expect from a Hydro Board with five business/finance backgrounds …
*Pic: This incredibly stark photo illustrates Hydro’s problem … Taken March 5 by Isla MacGregor of Lake Burbury. Part of the flooded...
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Anti-Protest Laws to be Challenged in High Court
*Pic: The moment Bob Brown was arrested … MONDAY March 14 … • Stewart Hoyt, convenor for Forests of Lapoinya Action Group...
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The great big crash in tobacco consumption
Tobacco consumption in Australia has fallen by 48 per cent in the past decade, a new analysis of official statistics shows. This...
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Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 billion more reasons for a Royal Commission
The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall...
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The Saturday Paper’s Exclusives …
• What’s next for Marriage Equality • The rich people who pay no tax • Bushfire prevention strategy questioned • Paul Bonjiorno:...
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An outsider’s look at the contentious practice of clearfell logging ..
*Pic: Logging Lapoinya … industrial-scale clearfelling in a much-loved local forest … and the future veneer trundles off to Ta Ann (over...
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Notes on the Syrian exodus: ‘Epic in scale, inconceivable until you witness it’
*Pic: Richard Flanagan’s picture of Syrian refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos, January 2016 … Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan...
