Tasmanian Times
Politics
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721Pokies: Greens say all roads lead to one dollar
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown says all roads in the debate over poker machines are now leading top the Greens’ one...
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Gambaro goes the raw prawn
Keep Australia fresh and fragrant! With Opposition Parliamentary Secretary Teresa Gambaro (above) saying immigrants should be taught to deodorise — fellow “Mediterranean”...
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The Chronicle 63: James A. Jones
Don Bentley sat in the Hobart Magistrate’s Court, waiting for his name to be called. The matter at hand was a contested...
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Why cannot we treat the refugees with more humanity
Last week the Australian public has heard more heart-rending news of suicides of refugees who have been imprisoned long periods of time...
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The urban speed paradox: time pressure, cars and health
Time pressure is an almost universal experience for residents of modern cities. The feeling of constantly having to rush is a serious...
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Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting
On January 11 it will have been a decade since the first of the men we once called “the worst of the...
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Phelps lobs a grenade into the Australian Open
Margaret Court Arena KERRYN Phelps, one of Australia’s most influential gay women, is calling on the Victorian Government and Tennis Australia to...
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When I hear the word ‘culture’ … I reach for my diary
I have just returned home from an amazing array of music and entertainment provided for the citizens of Hobart. For free. Arriving...
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A ‘temporary’ aberration, surely?
Mysterious is one word that describes Huon Valley Council’s amazing back flip on development applications, three months apart, to establish a “temporary”...
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IGA: Tear it up, says Colbeck … as FT ‘runs amok’
Miranda Gibson in the Observer Tree. Pic: Alan Lesheim Bryan Green, MP Minister for Energy and Resources Friday, 13 January 2012 MILESTONE...
