Tasmanian Times
Politics
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1.2KDr 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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Dear Dr Bleaney
Dear Dr Bleaney, I’m responding, on behalf of Minister Green, to your email of 10 June 2012 concerning agricultural pesticides. I note...
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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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Food and drink makers launch misleading, pro-litter scare campaign
FOOD & DRINK MAKERS LAUNCH MISLEADING, PRO LITTER SCARE CAMPAIGN Cassy O’Connor MP Greens Environment Spokesperson Sunday, 17 June 2012 The Tasmanian...
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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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Going bananas to restrict weapons … as Aung San Suu Kyi accepts Nobel peace prize …
Kirsty Maddeb from Amnesty City Group We had a successful action at Salamanca Market today (17/6/’12) at the Amnesty International stall. We...
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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...
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Outside the tent
The Regional Forests Agreement signed in 1997 recognised that there were significant areas with high value conservation forest values on private land....
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The federal health package: less than meets the eye
Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ The federal health package, negotiated between the Commonwealth government and the Denison independent, Andrew Wilkie, comes with an...
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I bitterly regret it
The lads’ mag I edited turned a generation on to porn – and now I’m a father I bitterly regret it: A...
