Tasmanian Times
International
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939A positive note on population
Population is a positive factor in development Human beings depend on other human beings to meet their basic needs and ensure the...
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Vale Erika
… Her shareholder advocacy in opposing the development of the Jabiluka uranium mine was featured in ABC’s Australian Story ‘Taking care of...
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‘There’s no heroes here’: the price paid by foreign correspondents
Six years ago, when a friend and colleague, Norwegian journalist Torgeir Norling, last visited another friend, journalist and author Daniel Pedersen, he...
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Some suggestions for bushfire control authorities in Tasmania (and elsewhere)
Summary: This article details some criticism of the Tasmanian Fire Services website, explains widespread frustration at the direction and focus of bushfire...
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Tassie’s devastated World Heritage …
*Pics by Dan Broun. Dan’s Facebook page is: HERE THURSDAY February 11 … • Thom Mitchell, New Matilda: Tasmania’s Burning Peatlands Could...
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NATION, Philip Ruddock: Appointing a cigarette company CEO to champion health …
In appointing the flawed, deeply compromised, former Attorney General, counter-terror warrior, Philip Ruddock as his government’s special envoy for human rights to...
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Five arrests, thousands of dollars in fines and almost 50 notifications to “Move On”
Lapoinya Update Three weeks of peaceful protests on a daily basis has seen five arrests, thousands of dollars in fines and almost...
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Lapoinya: A slow walk …
A slow walk of destruction with three friends in the Lapoinya rainforest was not how my day was planned … but the...
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Flogging off the (dairy) farm to China …
The disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers should be disturbing news for those who think that flogging off the (dairy) farm to...
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Why does international condemnation on human rights mean so little to Australia?
Australia’s human rights record is increasingly subject to international critique alongside pariah states like Saudi Arabia and North Korea. On the face...
