Tasmanian Times
National
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1.2KLeading the Australian economy to the Abbott-oir
It’s been two months since my How to kick-start the economy: swap the paid parental leave scheme for small business tax concession....
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All-powerful Paul Harriss. Mendicant ($45 million) Ta Ann …
*Pic: Paul Harriss on an earlier trip to Sarawak. ( Image, Sarawak Report, here ) Tasmania has a new Liberal Minister for...
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We love freedom, yet our fabulous wealth is created by slavery, genocide, and militarism
Leunig, with permission http://www.leunig.com.au/ Once upon a time in ancient Sparta there was a Council of Elders, called the Gerousia. This was...
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Sacred Promises
After 70 years in and out of government the Liberal Party remains deeply uncertain about egalitarian values; it has never been able...
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Elizabeth Kolbert: The Sixth Extinction
The chemist F. Sherwood Rowland is one of the few people in history about whom it can accurately be said: he helped...
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Paul Harriss: Ministerial Statement – Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Bill 2014
Madam Speaker The Tasmanian Government went to the recent State Election with a clear statement of what its views were of the...
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Shree: Tasmania will certainly never see a cent in royalties …
*Pic: Bryan Green, former Deputy Premier; now Opposition Leader, and Shree’s Sanjay Loyalka … Pic from here Every analyst has a different...
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Foxes: Read for Yourself; The Background Briefing Transcript
*Pic: Under their watch … Former Labor Minister for foxes David Llewellyn listens (?) to former Labor Premier Lara Giddings, House of...
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Japanese whalers issue plan for harpoon boats to return to Southern Ocean this summer
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens spokesperson for Whaling and Fisheries, responds to Japan lodging plans to send their whaling fleet to the Southern...
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Cannabis a health issue not a legal one, a Hobart forum hears
A forum of drug experts in Hobart has been told cannabis is a health issue, not a criminal one. Tasmania’s Alcohol, Tobacco...
