Tasmanian Times
National
-
1.2KOnly governments can stem the tide of tourism sweeping the globe
The State Government is hot-to-trot encouraging a mass influx of cruise ships and tourists, but, as The Guardian says … Tourism, like...
-
823
‘Manus Island death at Dutton’s feet’
The death of a man on Manus Island represents an abhorrent failure by Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick...
-
1.1K
South Australia’s GM crop ban under fire: Tasmania’s GM ban will be next …
*Pic: GM food … “The State Government’s role is not to regulate on the safety of GM, it’s to grow the economic...
-
1.7K
Lib attack on ‘insidious, undeserving poor’
The Centrelink robot … see Kim Peart’s ‘Dawn of the Centrelink Robot’ HERE The present Australian neo-Liberal government has a clear focus...
-
2.7K
Mt Wellington and the cable car: The quick and easy road …
*Image: Gwenda Sheridan. © Mount Wellington from the Eastern Shore. First published July 31 The Cable Car (MWCC) proposal has been around...
-
1.1K
‘Accusations Senator Abetz may have sat wrongly in Senate for up to 16 years should be cleared up’
First published August 3 Statement on Citizenship … “In 1968 I was born in Singapore. My parents were there while my father...
-
1.3K
The story of whisky in Tasmania …
Beer, they say, is a conversation; wine is a lecture. Well, whisky – I say – is a spell and as a...
-
943
Worried about Australia’s Marine Reserves? … You should be!
*Pic: Coral Reef in Queensland – pic Ted Mead. First published August 4 In 2012, after 14 years of extensive planning and...
-
860
Game of Tones …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner First published August 5 It’s time for celebrity psychopath! The risible freak show...
-
2.3K
Remembering Irish exile 150 years on …
*Pic: At the grave of baby Emmett Fitzgerald St Johns Church, Richmond … ( from left ) Father Terry Rush, Dr Christina...
