Tasmanian Times
National
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1.4KAn Indigenous seventh state: a radical idea from a constitutional conservative
I took Michael Mansell onto the streets of western Sydney this week. I wanted to test public support for his ideas about...
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How is money to fight Ice being spent … ?
LiftStraightUp is a lobby group which has met with Tasmanian and Federal politicians to express its concerns about how money to fight...
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Scathing audit report confirms Tassal breaking state laws
*Pic: Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour, Flickr, Rodtuk WEDNESDAY, May 31 … • Environment Tasmania: A fig leaf on faecal mounds: EPA...
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Democracy is sick – long live democracy
About 25% voters have now abandoned the major parties and we have a political class that is seen by many as being...
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Art of the Bull …
Hobart Town by Knut Bull … from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The bovine blood-letting has been cancelled ( TT here...
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A Zombie in the White House … ?
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner While Donald Trump’s “Dancing with Swords” world tour of five nations, featuring an...
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The Logs Pile High as History Repeats Itself …
First published May 27 Piles of stacked hardwood logs appear to be on the rise in the state, but for who? What...
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How it was … When Tasmanian Trees were Trees …
*Pic: The Tasmanian Timber Trophy at the London 1862 Exhibition Detail of the Trophy labelled Tasmania with a sperm whale jaw with...
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The DarkMofo/Nitsch Debate …
Hermann Nitsch … and his art … SATURDAY May 27 … • Animal Liberation Tasmania: Concerns for public safety has led to...
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Do we really wish to be known as Phallus City … ?
*Pic: An anonymous architect’s portrayal of the scale of the hotel … As a keen observer of human-nature I have often found...
