Tasmanian Times
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1.5KSweltering summers – the face of things to come …
First published November 23 Bored of the tedious cool winters in Tasmania? Thinking about packing up and migrating north? Well beware! New...
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Talking Turkey …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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Forestry Tasmania’s demise in detail: Billion Dollar Loss
*Pic: Logging in Catamaran at the height of Forestry Tasmania’s assault. Pic: Daniel Haley First published November 15 Forestry Tasmania’s slide from...
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The Quest for Security: Is it rational? has it actually made us safer? At what cost?
First published November 15 Download address to the Royal Society of Tasmania, by Saul Eslake, Independent Economist, and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of...
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Geoffrey Dyer’s genius …
Road to Lake Dobson Richard Flanagan and his mate Geoffrey Dyer Geoffrey Dyer at the opening … Lake Repulse incident (2) Geoffrey...
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EXTRACT: The ignoble end …
Pic: Front cover of the book, just released … Labor’s decision not to negotiate with the Greens to form government in 1996...
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The latest on coal …
*Pic: Flashback to the Heazlewood mine fire in 2014 which devastated Morwell. CoalWire is a weekly news bulletin which summarises the most...
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Australia’s same-sex marriage postal survey: 61.6% YES, 38.4% no – live
Read here • Andrew Wilkie: Community says YES to same-sex marriage “While the LGBTI community should never have been subjected to this...
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‘Major Projects Legislation will fast-track the cable car, skyscrapers and resorts in reserves’
*Pic TCT: Image from HERE, where you can sign a PETITION … The Tasmanian Conservation Trust puts the Liberal and Labor parties...
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EXTRACT: Christine Milne, An Activist Life …
Pic: Karen Brown Brown briefcase, stickered. Used by Christine since the mid-1970s. It is now part of the Tasmanian Museum and Art...
