Tasmanian Times
Politics
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737Transforming a system in crisis
The art of politics in a failing Western democracy is one of compromise. It involves: • Toeing the party line over public...
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Historic Senate vote changes climate
The Australian Greens are celebrating the historic Senate vote for world-leading legislation to tackle the global nemesis of climate change. Australian Greens...
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Roundtable Creation Myth Has No Vision Splendid
The Crikey Mayne man certainly created a ruckus last week with his support for the Tamar Valley pulp mill (HERE), and it...
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Industry wants mill loan
Tasmania’s forest industry believes the Government should offer a commercial loan to parties interested in building a new woodchip facility in the...
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Please don’t call them Leavers’ Dinners
The year is drawing to a close and so over the next few weeks 15- and 16-year olds at Tasmania’s State high...
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Mayne on the Mill: Inaccurate puffery
Stephen Mayne (TT: HERE) tries to frame Gunns Pulp Mill as an economic messiah and proven environmental performer, the proponent as suffering...
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Profits of Doom
For the past three years at least the whole world has been treading a fine line along the edge of a financial...
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The Parade of Pride
Picture: Tracey Wing About 500 LGBTI Tasmanians and their friends and supporters marched through Hobart last Saturday (Nov 5) to a warm...
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Probe on call for paper bosses to face character tests
THE government’s media inquiry will hear the case for newspaper proprietors to undergo a test for fit and proper character before being...
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What a Tangled Web we weave …
A Response to Dr Volker’s Article (HERE: Wilderness Society associates benefit from government largesse) Is anyone else driven to distraction by the...
