Tasmanian Times
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1.2KFormer Gunns boss and convicted insider trader John Gay to pay $500,000
FORMER Gunns Ltd boss and convicted insider trader John Gay has been ordered to pay $500,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act....
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NATION: Paris agreement … A breakthrough and a catastrophe. Macfarlane. MYEFO …
*Pic: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop … ‘Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum is photographed being tightly embraced by a dazzling Julie...
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How to benefit from Tassie’s tourism boom but not bugger up what tourists came for. Pokies blackmail
*Pic: Alexandra suspension bridge in the Cataract Gorge. Pic from Wikipedia. Most afternoons, I walk down the path to my favourite swimming-hole...
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Reforestation of the Earth: Australia’s Inaction …
*Pic: Wondrous mystery … the Tarkine forest … At the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris over the past week more than...
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Sweden’s feminist foreign minister has dared to tell the truth about Saudi Arabia …
Margot Wallström’s principled stand deserves wide support. Betrayal seems more likely If the cries of ‘Je suis Charlie’ were sincere, the western...
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Federal Government to abandon plans to log World Heritage Area if UNESCO will not ratify it
A special species contingency forestry coupe inside Tasmania’s WHA. Pic: Senator Richard Colbeck Ed: So it’s come to this … after years...
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The exciting times we live in … really?
Max Atkinson’s article ( HERE: Turnbull’s Political Philosophy )in the Tasmanian Times suggests that political parties are principled but the emphasis of...
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An Open Letter to Shane Warne
*Pic: Belinda Kitto and Timothy Gould Belinda Kitton and Matthew Bowen Dear Warnie, I represent a bunch of your biggest fans, so...
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Global Underwater Digital Cable: Why?
*Pic: Underwater Internet cable coming ashore. Image from here ~ http://www.wired.com/2015/10/undersea-cable-maps/#slide-2 Why should the Tasmanian Government fork out $20m to connect to...
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Global Worming
Having ranked 54th out of 56 nations ( • Guardian: Australia ranked third-last in climate change performance of 58 countries ) in...
