Tasmanian Times
International
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1.1KRupert’s back in town
On August 10 Rupert Murdoch, the Executive Chairman of News Corporation – the parent company of The Mercury – jetted back into...
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The Future Of Fishing Is On The Line …
Over twenty fishing, tourism, dive and conservation businesses and organizations have signed onto a Statement of Support for the phase out of...
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Amnesty votes to support pimps, johns and brothel owners
Feminist Roundup Amnesty International’s biennial International Committee Meeting (ICM) last week voted in favour of a policy position supporting decriminalisation of all...
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Lonely Planet names three Tasmanian destinations in ‘Ultimate Travelist’
MONA, Cradle Mountain and Port Arthur have been named among 10 Australian destinations in the top 500 places to visit by travel...
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Party politics in danger of becoming a tyranny of a minority
IT is in the interests of democracy to have free or conscience-voting on moral issues such as same-sex marriage. In Westminster parliaments,...
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Goodbye Tuvalu
*Pic: Under threat … Funafutu Atol, Tuvalu Along with at least 36 other Small Island States to be affected by anthropogenic global...
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Spain’s communist model village
Marinaleda, in impoverished Andalusia, used to suffer terrible hardships. Led by a charismatic mayor, the village declared itself a communist utopia and...
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Creating a Future that Works
As an advanced industrial nation, Australia could now have a society with real full-employment and free of poverty. Why have we failed...
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Strings attached: Julian Burnside commissions Tony Abbott-inspired composition
Barrister and human rights advocate, Julian Burnside QC, has commissioned composer Lyle Chan to create a piece of music, “Wind Farm Music...
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Weed Whackers
Monsanto’s lucrative war against invasive species On a Friday evening in January, a thousand people at the annual California Native Plant Society...
