Tasmanian Times
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730He is the quintessential whistleblower
Today Bradley Manning, a whistleblower, was convicted by a military court at Fort Meade of 19 offences for supplying the press with...
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Environmentalists urge Rudd to scrap ‘failed’ forestry deal with states
A coalition of environment groups has urged the federal government to tear up its “failed” forestry deal with states, which they blame...
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It will be the fault of MLCs, not us, say activists. Fear of ‘Terrorism’
Huon Valley Environment Centre and Still Wild Still Threatened respond to the opinion of the Tasmanian Greens Leader that a moratorium on...
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Death sentence for ‘virtually indigenous’ wallabies
Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty has received distressing reports of a government plan to slaughter between 200 and 300 Agile Wallabies very soon...
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It’s not too late to hand back the $2.2 million ET
Let’s be clear. The grant of $2.2 million of funds through the Tasmanian Forest Agreement to Environment Tasmania (ET) is ethically bankrupt...
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ReachTEL – Tas Federal BaByLon Still Falling
On these figures, the Liberal Party would be likely to win all these seats if an election was proverbially “held now”. The...
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Humanity is on a crash-course with carbon
Humanity is currently on course to double or even triple the carbon dioxide content of the Earth’s atmosphere by the end of...
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Deadbeat dads and the luck of the Irish
Not long ago a headline in an Irish daily newspaper proclaiming deadbeat dads under fire caught my attention. I was worried. Was...
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The cartel: law as business
This is the16th extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp. Whitton is a legal historian, a trade...
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Employment Submission to the Premier for consideration with the Prime Minister
Employment Submission to the Premier for consideration with the Prime Minister (sent Fri 12 July 2013) Preamble: There are a number of...
