Tasmanian Times
National
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879Children in detention exposed to danger, Human Rights Commission finds
More than 300 children committed or threatened self-harm in a 15-month period in Australian immigration detention, 30 reported sexual assault, nearly 30...
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Energy Strategy ignores the big issues
Government reports on energy policy are almost inevitably boring and full of jargon and this is certainly the case with the Tasmanian...
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Tony Abbott snatched a victory of sorts …
Fighting off a mob of 40 colleagues baying for his blood at Monday’s party room meeting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott snatched...
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UTAS increases direct fossil fuel investments ten-fold
Hobart, (10/02/2015): Amidst growing concerns about the impacts of climate change the University of Tasmania’s investments in fossil fuel companies grew ten-fold...
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Harriss Protest Bill: It works
*Pic: Premier Hodgman with the law’s architect, Resource Minister Paul Harriss … Yesterday saw the first application of Paul Harriss’ Workplaces (Protection...
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Lies, damned lies and Peter Gutwein
It was, if you listen to Peter Gutwein and don’t bother with the actual figures, ‘a merry Christmas for Tassie retailers’ (...
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Spill Motion Defeated …
ABC Radio National is reporting that the Spill Motion has been defeated … • The Age: No Go … Chief Government Whip...
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Tax Office knew about Australians channelling money into Swiss accounts
The Tax Office has revealed it has investigated hundreds of Australians with Swiss bank accounts as a massive international data leak named...
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The Hobart Cup demo …
During 2014, 124 racehorses died on the track in Australia. Catching the most public attention were the two horses that died during...
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Fairness as a political principle
While a popular view aligns Liberals with conservative values and personal freedom, and Labor with egalitarian values and social reform, no-one argues...
