Tasmanian Times
National
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902Loosing the Dogs of Xenophobia
“Human beings in particular cannot be discarded. They remain in some way to haunt us.” (Christopher Koch, Out of Ireland, 1999) It’s...
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Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years’ jail for WikiLeaks data breach
Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in jail for giving WikiLeaks files that formed the biggest breach of official secrets...
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Tas government slashes solar feed-in tariff. Milne’s power plan
The Tasmanian government has announced that it will slash the solar electricity feed in tariff for new customers by over two-thirds and...
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Tasmanian conservationists target Ta Ann on World Orangutan day. Ted Mead Picture Essay
Tasmanian conservationists marked the occasion of World Orangutan day today by demonstrating outside the head office of Ta Ann, a Sarawak logging...
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Andrew Wilkie: My how-to-vote card this election is an “open ticket”. Hate Flyer
My how-to-vote card this election is an “open ticket”. In other words I’m asking voters to give me their number 1 vote...
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FSC in a Nutshell – FREE Stakeholder Engagement Information Sessions
We know that there is a significant amount of interest by stakeholders in Tasmania on all things FSC. We receive communications and...
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Woolworths and Coles – There are Alternatives
SHOP NUMBER ONE – SATURDAY 10 AUGUST [Please note: This is a personal, observational record. It is not a rigorous ‘scientific’ analysis]...
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Antony Green’s Federal Election Preview – Tasmania
At the 2010 federal election the Greens primary vote in Tasmania was 16.8% – up from 13.5% in 2007. In 2010 Labor’s...
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Learning nothing and forgetting everything … the Liberals crash into reality again
Senator Richard Colbeck, in defending Abbott’s radical fringe policies on the environment, made the claim that the Tasmanian economy couldn’t withstand having...
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Lessons from Love Canal: toxic expertise and environmental justice
August 7 marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Love Canal. Toxins were discovered in the area in 2011, and new residents have reported...
