Tasmanian Times
National
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1.2KGunns Ltd: A pig without lipstick …
When Gunns released its first-half numbers last year, the company made an effort to disguise the woeful performance of the underlying businesses...
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Live export assurances are meaningless
The Federal Government would have us believe that all is well within the live export trade, yet nothing could be further from...
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NZ trumps Australia on keeping Japanese whalers out: Brown
Three days ago the Australian Minister for the Environment, Tony Burke, was “aware” of an incursion by Japanese whalers into the exclusive...
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Native Forest Logging is economic madness
While the arguments about forestry rage again, the central tenet of the argument, while mentioned in passing, fails to grab the political...
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Gillard 71, Rudd 31
Image here Phil Coorey, SMH, Twitter here • Use the TT News dropdown (top Nav Bar) for the range of breakingstories on...
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If Kevin Rudd wins today …
As Australia looks to the possibility of Kevin Rudd retaking the prime ministership, it is worth considering the kinds of changes I...
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Huon activists anything but anarchic
Peter Pepper “Anarchists” is how Peter Pepper describes members of Huon Valley Environment Centre (HVEC). It’s not surprising that Pepper, as a...
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Prostitution laws – Towards a coherent philosophical underpinning
‘Some of the questions about prostitution cannot be resolved by research because they are fundamental questions about the kind of society one...
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Extreme tree-spiking exposed in Tasmania
There has been quite a bit of heated argument recently from both sides of the debate regarding the practice of tree-spiking in...
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Rudd quits, Monday ballot. What Wilkie says. The polls go mad for Kevin. How Bilyk will vote
Kevin Rudd has announced he is stepping down as Foreign Minister. Mr Rudd is at the centre of leadership tensions within the...
