Tasmanian Times
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991Support for voluntary assisted dying law reform
Marshall Perron, the former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, has expressed his strong support for the voluntary assisted dying legislation introduced...
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No man is an island … except in Tasmania
“No man is an island entire of itself”, wrote John Donne, English writer, divine and MP in January 1624, in Meditation XVII....
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The Pearl of Para(lysis) has sailed
On September 3, the Pearl of Para first left Fremantle bound for Israel. Less than two days out, it broke down with...
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Peg Putt: We will not be gagged …
Pic*: Jenny Weber, left and Peg Putt during an earlier trip to Japan to inform markets of their positition. Markets For Change...
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Selfless victims of Nairobi madness
Pic: Ross Langdon and his partner Elif Yavuz. • The ABC news report of the Nairobi mall siege: Tributes flow for Tasmanian...
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Look Who’s Laughing. Flannery, Booth
*Pic: Photograph by Peter Essick from National Geographic’s coverage of the Canadian oil boom, here This short note is certainly no exegesis...
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Will Brian Wightman protect Tasmanian’s World Heritage Area forests?
The legal guide from the Environmental Defenders’ Office to the TFA Act 2013 demonstrates that the ball is now definitely in hands...
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture
Pic: from Frank Giles’ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bandicoot.blu/photos UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food Systems A rising chorus...
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Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist, Bill McKibben
We weren’t really planning to actually go to jail. Our advance team had been on the ground in Washington for three weeks....
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The Thistle and the Drone: The Real Story Behind the War on Terror
September 19, 2013 “Information Clearing House – In a remark to the pop group the Jonas Brothers, President Barack Obama told the...
