Tasmanian Times
Politics
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651Gillard short-changes Tasmania
Greens deliver stable, top-level representation While the Gillard Labor government continues to short-change Tasmania, both the Australian Greens’ leader and deputy leader...
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The Mad Hatter?
He is the resources kingpin with the controversial past: two indecisive Supreme Court trials behind him; power at his fingertips. The power...
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Peck’s motion is ridiculous … and rejected
Dear Mayor and Aldermen, We believe Alderman Tony Peck’s motion to support the pulp mill exceeds his power and is outside councils...
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Democratic right to protest is not for sale
The Tasmanian Greens have called for a Tasmania Police proposal to charge protesters for costs to be rejected on the grounds that...
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Govt fights Etter damages claim
The Tasmanian Government has denied a raft of allegations made by the former head of the state’s Integrity Commission. It has filed...
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The eye of the beholder
It is remarkable how differently people can interpret the same image. When Alan Duggan views Sam Rosewarne’s iconic photograph of the ‘conga...
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Health: Something has to give
The attached letter from the Federal Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, came in response to our statement, circulated earlier (links below). It...
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Oz writer wins on animal ethics
CHRISTINE Jackman, senior writer with The Weekend Australian Magazine, last night won the print category of this year’s Voiceless Media Prize. Jackman...
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A Response to Mr Ellis
Extract from the leading case of R v G, heard on appeal by the House of Lords, in which a 15 year...
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Rape Used as Military Weapon
BANGKOK, Dec 10, 2011 (IPS) – The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate...
