Tasmanian Times
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924Trump’s victory comes with a silver lining for the world’s progressives
The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle...
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NATION: A great and momentous choice
Eric Abetz … “My door will always be open” tweets Pauline Hanson, at the first signs of Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Is...
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What might have been … Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism won it for Trump …
*Pic: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/works/cartoons . Used with permission … Pic: Gage Skidmore, Twitter, here Donald Trump leads the free world today because the...
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Transforming commitment into action on disaster risk reduction
Nothing erases development gains as suddenly and severely as natural disasters. Earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones wreak destruction, not only across borders...
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Nine Steps to a Stellar Future
*Pic: Starfarer, Kim Peart’s avatar in Second Life, views the Earth from our torus space station. Some years ago I developed a...
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Young Labor Didn’t Do its Homework
Tasmanian Labor’s agenda for its conference in Queenstown this weekend has promised an opportunity for ‘robust and spirited debate’. While the decriminalisation...
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NATION: “We were robbed … “
“We were robbed.” Labor’s lies about Medicare blinded voters to the allure of tax cuts for the rich and funding cuts to...
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Global call on ALP to reject sex policy
Survivors, International and National Women’s Human Rights groups and individuals today sent a letter to ALP members calling on them to reject...
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MPs abandon rule of law
*Pic: Flickr, Krysten Newby ‘High Risk Terrorism’ anti-rights law Parliament’s SIC body – the Security and Intelligence Committee – has waved through...
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Travel: Winds of Change …
Simpler times: My son and daughter at Wynyard airport circa 1974 Flat pack domestic airline travel FJJ is very learned and nationally...
