Tasmanian Times
National
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904Praise for community consultation on voluntary assisted dying legislation
The Premier, Lara Giddings, and Nick McKim, Leader of the Greens, have been praised for their commitment to voluntary assisted dying law...
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Tony and the Whitewash
Tony Abbott should have had a pretty good week last week; by rights; he probably thinks he has. He was handed the...
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In Julie Bishop’s World
The blind leading the blind, 1568.Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Capodimonte Museum. In mid-December Liberal Party Deputy Leader Julie Bishop complained in Online...
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Pokies: Let truth prevail
I have a problem with the notion of $1 bet limits (capped at $120 per hour) on poker machines. I’ve put forth...
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World-wide Mining Predicaments
In his three-part series, Dr Buck Emberg presents a balanced examination of both the need for mining and the environmental consequences of...
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Betting on Extinction
Ladbroke’s is offering odds on fish populations collapsing; the government is shortening them. I’ve come across some odd ways to make a...
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WHA: The Facts
Fact Sheet on the Australian Government’s proposal to extend the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area On 31 January 2013, Environment Minister Tony...
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Gillard rallies ‘frontline troops’ for election
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used day four of the unofficial election campaign to rally Labor’s preselected candidates, telling them they are...
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Why are our public hospitals so wasteful?
The buck stops here: Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne and Premier Lara Giddings. Picture: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ Every year for the past fifteen,...
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ANZ and National Trust Mortgaging Tasmania’s Heritage
• Oak Lodge, on The National Trust website, here The ANZ bank has a history of funding controversial projects in Tasmania. It...
