Tasmanian Times
International
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1.1KHuman rights and all that’s wrong with the Magna Carta
After a tireless round of celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta we should now ask, in the spirit of...
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Tasmania … 350 snouts in one small electoral trough …
Charles Wooley, 60 Minutes I know I call it ‘Little Cuba’, but on the basis of numbers alone, our small island might...
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Tas Uni academic less than “abundantly clear” about Generation IV nuclear reactors
Academic Barry Brook began working at the University of Tasmania last year. He is a strident nuclear power supporter and is particularly...
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‘Spin’ – It’s no substitute for a positive response!
“Spin” has long since become an accepted currency of politics and, where once it might have fooled some of the people some...
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A British Genocide in Tasmania
Cover image shows a detail from John Glover’s Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point, 1834, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra...
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Come on Sue … spill the beans …
John Hawkins in Comments here, Underbelly: Paul Harriss; A Step Too Far?, Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 When I re-read this article –...
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Thanks to Paul Lennon …
Paul Lennon will no doubt be delighted to hear that a bottle of wine bearing his signature was sold for $450 at...
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Sara … Behind The Wire ,,,
Stories From Mandatory Detention Behind the Wire is an oral history project documenting the stories of men, women and children who have...
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The Importance of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment
The Pope’s 184-page (246 paragraphs) Encyclical on the Environments was released today (last week). It is sweeping in ambition and scope. He...
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Paul Ehrlich’s Population Bomb Argument Was Right
The more catastrophic consequences of human population growth predicted by Paul Ehrlich have not yet materialized, in part because he did not...
