Tasmanian Times
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949Howard, Bush, Blair should hang their heads in shame …
Former leaders John Howard, George W. Bush and Tony Blair should hang their heads in shame for what they have done to...
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Save the Tarkine launch Tarkine Hero
Save the Tarkine has today launched it’s Tarkine Hero fundraising initiative. Tarkine Hero allows people to set a target of $250, $500...
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The last Peacekeeper to die (before WW1)
In a few weeks time, on 28 June 2014, it will be exactly one hundred years since the assassination of the Archduke...
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Misleading Maps?
In an essay now available on his website, public historian Peter MacFie comments critically on the WHA extension The secretive manner in...
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Kiwi oil rig worker Mike McKay fired
THE Kiwi oil rig worker who claimed to have seen missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 burst into flames the morning it disappeared...
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GetUp: The fake environment group …
Next week the World Heritage Committee meets in Doha, Qatar to decide the future of Tasmania’s World Heritage forests. We have received...
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Tasmania, the island with a shameful past and a hopeful future
*Pic: of Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, by Matt Newton, http://matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/ Australia’s timewarp island was the setting for atrocities against Aborigines in the 19th century...
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Australians unfazed by government spying on other countries
Poll found 70% of Australian adults believe it is acceptable to spy on nations Australia does not have a good relationship with...
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Nordic model laws tabled in Canada
The federal government has tabled its new prostitution legislation, which targets pimps, customers and others who “exploit” sex workers. Justice Minister Peter...
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Time capsules with a difference
The UN warns that the world population is now well over 7 billion and “has reached a stage where the amount of...
