Tasmanian Times
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1.1KAustral Reflections
In 1834, ten convicts stole the Frederick, the last ship to be built at the notorious prison at Sarah Island, on Tasmania’s...
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Police called as Nikolic heckles. Misdirected abuse in Huonville. Global protest ramps up
Editor: In all the crazed language of anarchy and eco-terrorism unleashed in recent days by the forest industry and replayed unquestioningly by...
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Oakeshott says he’ll back rebate means test
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has confirmed he will support a Federal Government bill to means test the private...
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Council gets it wrong — again
The competence of Huon Valley Council when it operates as a planning authority is once again in question. By council’s own admission,...
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Not guilty, says Gay
The former Gunns chairman, John Gay, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of insider trading in the Magistrates Court in Launceston....
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Time for local leadership to tackle gambling woes
Hobart is losing $175,000 per day into poker machines, according to a report to be presented to the Hobart City Council’s Community...
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All about bums on toilet seats
If an organisation displays anal retentive characteristics, it is apt that one of its main preoccupations should be with public lavatories. Huon...
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MLCs accused of blackmailing democracy in move to ditch deal
MLCs move to block forest deal All but three of Tasmania’s 15-member Upper House have vowed to block the forest peace deal...
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Thrilled
Image: J, Karl The more you try to make sense of the expression of interest by the Richard Chandler group to place...
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The Hypocrisy of Will Hodgman’s Liberals
Once again last week we saw the spectre of Tasmania’s most hated project dominating the public discourse and once again we saw...
