Tasmanian Times
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Government must respond to the low-survival-rate cancer Senate report
Media release – Catryna Bilyk, Labor Senator for Tasmania, 16 October 2018 Government must respond to the low-survival-rate cancer Senate report The...
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Advocates slate ‘shameful’ Ruddock recommendations …
– Report is direct assault on LGBTI people – Feds on collision course with Tas and other states – New petition launched...
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Greens welcome industry proposal to reboot recycling
Media Release: The Greens Waste & Recycling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomed the release today of the Australian Council of Recyclers’ (ACOR’s)...
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1.6KRacism: ‘Don’t deal with it alone!’
According to the Racism in Australia section on the All Together Now website, one in five people in Australia are (or have...
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1.7KAt long last! We’re shutting down for a month to upgrade …
At last! After many false starts, Tassie Times has found a tech who is able to perform the upgrade to become mobile...
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‘Spirit of Tasmania owners sued over the deaths of 16 polo ponies amid claim they died on board’
The Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line is being sued for negligence over the death of 16 prized polo ponies that crossed Bass...
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Capitalist globalisation and nationalism: when race and the ethnicity of money debases debate
What does Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O’Connor and Australia First Party leader, Jim Saleam have in common? It’s a question that is...
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NATION: You’ve got to hand it to Morrison before he takes all credit for himself
*Pic, Kate Ausburn, Flickr: A prayer vigil at Scott Morrison’s office for the death of Reza Barati in 2014. The protesters were...
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Continuous land clearing …
*Pic: Goat carcasses at Mutawintji NP in NSW. Source: Mark Temby, Aug 2018 Continuous land clearing, overgrazing, recurring unnatural droughts and diverted...
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Of Envoy’s Past …
The word envoy appeals to me. Defined as a minister plenipotentiary ranking below ambassador and above charge d’affaires, the word came into...
