Tasmanian Times
National
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842Pokies forum to focus on solutions
The Tasmanian Greens today said that the upcoming forum, People Before Pokies, organised by Hobart Alderman Helen Burnet, was an opportunity to...
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Stanley River Mine Lease invalid. Fri: Mistaken Green must revoke invalid lease …
• Tuesday; Minister Green doesn’t even know what lease he granted … The Tarkine National Coalition has expressed disbelief at Minister Bryan’s...
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Assange loses appeal
Julian Assange loses extradition case – live coverage WikiLeaks founder’s Dinah Rose QC given 14 days to decide whether to make application...
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Marriage equality: a modest but significant step
The passage through the House of Representatives (today, Thursday May 31) of my Motion regarding marriage equality was a modest but significant...
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The cost of Forestry
Forests Minister Bryan Green and FT boss Bob Gordon A URS report into Forestry Tasmania is projecting cash losses. Forestry has sold...
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I’ll Always Be Labor (but I don’t have to vote for them!)
People who talk of the good old days have bad memories. I grew up in the 1960s. Men spat on the footpaths...
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Alan Kohler: a Greek tragedy Tasmania can relate to
“Prime Minister, Lara Giddings is on line two. She’s babbling something about wanting to leave the Aussiezone.” “Hi Lara, it’s Julia. What’s...
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Beware of conservatives
Labor party supporters will struggle to keep its achievements in the public mind in the face of its many faults, and a...
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Candlelight vigil for an abject failure. Wilkie: Enough is enough
In the wake of the Government’s report into the 37 latest violations by two live exporters, animal advocates in Hobart are holding...
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Foreign aid: moral imperative and national interest
The federal budget announcement brought to boil a long-simmering epiphany: if we rely on governments to redistribute wealth internationally, it will never...
