Tasmanian Times
Politics
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868Resurrection of the Ruddbot. No to offshore processing
REPLACING Julia Gillard with Kevin Rudd would take Labor from confronting a landslide defeat to a potentially election-winning position, according to an...
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Wilkie challenged to put up. The Wilkie response …
Denison MHR Andrew Wilkie’s warning (The Australian, 12/9/2011) that he will vote against any media inquiry which ‘smacks of politics’, smacks of...
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Sudden Impact – When Will Gunns Finally Hit the Wall?
Dirty Harry once said, ‘Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.’ So, this is my opinion, for your consideration. The Pulp Mill...
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Decline of Tasmanian Devils opens the way for introduced predators
Devils have declined by 90% on the Freycinet Peninsula in Tasmania. The Devil facial tumour disease is a contagious cancer. This is...
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Huon Valley Guessing Games: A council culture in ferment
Glenn Doyle, then new in the job as Huon Valley Council general manager, said he was determined to change the culture of...
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The Media and 9/11: How We Did
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, journalists are spewing forth endless retrospectives — asking people to recall “where were you when,” interviewing...
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Pesticides increase diabetes risk
New science confirms that exposure to pesticides — especially those classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) — can impair the body’s ability...
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Mine gets priority over Tarkine
THE State Government will back mining ahead of the environment in a submission to the Federal Government on whether the Tarkine Wilderness...
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Is national heritage a sham?
In its short existence National Heritage listing has failed to save cattle trampling the delicate plant life of Victoria’s Alpine National Park....
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Once in a lifetime opportunity lost
Ironic that a Tasmanian Greens Alderman (On TT: Anti-development whingeing, HERE) would come out so strongly defending a development that is the...
