Tasmanian Times
Politics
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1.1KForestry Tasmania posts $12m loss … as Gunns compo offer hits the table
Forestry Tasmania has reported its second operating loss in as many years. The state-owned company has recorded an operating loss of $12...
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Throw away the dictionary
Throw away the dictionary. A dictionary’s no help at all if you really want to know what words like “substantial” or “commencement”...
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Bio-morph – experiments in simultaneous biography No. 7: David (O’)Byrne
David (O’)Byrne is an artist, musician and Tasmanian Labor politician. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,...
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The Permit: Last minute surprise! And much tortuous detail…
Dear Reader, This article is long, some of it is ‘technical’ and deals with The Pulp Mill Permit. It consists actually of...
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Generation F*cked
The UN’s first ever report on the state of childhood in the industrialized West made unpleasant reading for many of the world’s...
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Lies, promises and mandates
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott routinely denounces Prime Minister Julia Gillard as a liar. He does so with the tacit support, through failure...
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Public opinion and representative democracy
What role should public opinion play in the ultimate political resolution of such public policy debates as climate change, asylum-seekers, the war...
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Former Premier Criticises Wilkie
Former two-time Labor Premier of Tasmania Michael Field speaks here ( see below for details of the Samuel Griffith Society conference I’m...
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Be Aware that Housing Density in Hobart is Set to Double
The Details The details of this move are outlined in the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy 2010-2035 which has been approved...
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Where has the evidence gone?
No new confirmed evidence of fox activity has been found in Tasmania since 24 March 2010. Does the recent absence of evidence...
