Tasmanian Times
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830News to shrink divisions in cost-cutting sweep
Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd will slash its operations along Australia’s east coast in a move that is expected to lead to major...
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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador
As Britain’s Supreme Court rejects Julian Assange’s bid to reopen his extradition case, Phillip Adams’ RN Late Night Live looks at how...
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Chaplains safe despite High Court ruling: Roxon
The High Court has ruled that the national school chaplaincy program is constitutionally invalid because it exceeds the Commonwealth’s funding powers. The...
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$240,000 Gunns roadworks bill goes unpaid. As does Walker Corp bill. Man-up, Green told
GUNNS ROAD WORKS BILL GOES UNPAID Kim Booth MP Greens Energy Spokesperson Tuesday 19 June 2012 The Tasmanian Greens today said the...
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People Before Pokies!
“People before Pokies!” was formed today in Hobart, as a response to a public meeting held at Hobart Town Hall two weeks...
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‘Citizen journalists’ can’t replace papers. Fairfax slashes jobs, goes tabloid paywall. Gina looms
Would Nixon get away with it in the Google age? A web of ‘citizen journalists’ cannot replace newspapers. FORTY years ago, five...
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Dr Warwick Raverty: Many acts of bullying and intimidation in CSIRO
Dr Warwick Raverty speaks at a pulp mill rally. Picture: Dave Groves, http://adigitalphotographer.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/once-upon-a-night-time/ The Victims Of CSIRO group was formed in mid-2011...
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The End of Growth … as Greece teeters
Looking at the state of the global financial crisis, is it time to question the accepted wisdom that modern democracies must continuously...
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Many minders make much work
Spot Turnbull image from SMH tribute, here REGINALD (Spot) Turnbull achieved great things as Tasmania’s second state health minister. After he succeeded...
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Former Labor minister Lin Thorp to join Senate
The Tasmanian Labor Party has elected former state minister Lin Thorp to replace retiring Senator Nick Sherry. The trouble-prone Police, Education and...
