Tasmanian Times
National
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921World Heritage Desecration
Before the removal of the sign … After the removal of the sign … First standing tree cut … First standing tree...
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Rupert’s at it again …
JK Rowling condemns Murdoch’s tweet following Charlie Hebdo killings JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has condemned and mocked the...
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NATION: Satirists’ rallying cry is being made by Tony Abbott, a caricaturist’s dream
Australia’s army of parodists, satirists and professional piss-takers, the nation’s cartoonists, have been told to carry on. Terrified and shocked by events...
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… but they might say “Je suis Le Pen” tomorrow …
My first reaction, apart from sadnessand shock, is that it is wrong to suddenly get especially worked up because a small group...
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Abbott’s secret trip to Iraq
Australian politics took an intriguing turn recently when Tony Abbott slipped out of Australia on his own top secret mission to Iraq....
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Keogh free: Royal Commission needed
Henry Keogh and daughter Alexis as he walks from the court just before Christmas 2014, free for the first time in nearly...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (45)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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How to be an ace reporter
*Pic: of the venerable Evan … Never write down to your readers; anyone stupider than you can’t read. – American editor to...
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Campaign for ‘The Springs Visitor Information Centre’
The way we were … the Springs Hotel before the ’67 bushfires … In keeping with our belief that there are options...
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How other nations treat Heritage sites …
Massive ancient underground city discovered in Turkey’s Nevşehir With 2014 soon coming to an end, potentially the year’s biggest archeological discovery of...
