Tasmanian Times
Politics
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736Tim Morris: Is it time for a Select Committee?
What an interesting thread; this is a discussion that really does seem to be getting to the problems that the government faces....
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Budget cuts: The Saul Eslake view
Background: The Tasmanian Government will release its mid-year review (MYR) of the State’s economic and fiscal position – later than any other...
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New dairy inquiry must deliver
The Australian Greens today welcomed the referral of the current milk discounting controversy to the Senate Economics Committee, following a motion by...
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Even Hydro and Transend are buying power interstate
When Hydro and Transend are buying cheaper power interstate, it makes no sense for the Labor-Green Government to deny all Tasmanians the...
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Thorp’s $3000 trip penalty
POLICE, Education and Children’s Minister Lin Thorp has been forced to fork out almost $3000 after the Australian Taxation Office ruled a...
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As dozens of Tasmanian RBF jobs go … meet RBF’s new best friend …
BACKGROUND THE Retirement Benefits Fund, which manages superannuation for more than 75,000 state public servants, will axe nearly half its staff and...
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Shit happens …
Context http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/08/3133488.htm Mark
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Section 11 Again, and Again … FSC report. March Mill start?: L’Estrange
The suggestion that section 11 if the PMAA does not deliberately remove citizens’ appeal rights if they are damaged or destroyed by...
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The Forests … The Forests …
March15 is D-Day for Tasmania’s high conservation old-growth forests. Tasmanians who love forests have been fighting to protect them for decades. On...
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A depressing Australian Story
It’s not often that you come away from the ABC’s Australian Story with negative feelings about the featured person. I have a...
