Tasmanian Times
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799In Tasmania?
A FORMER police officer’s reputation has been irredeemably damaged by the biased actions of the Police Integrity Commission during an investigation into...
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In Tasmania …
MILES Hampton, the former chief executive of local agribusiness company Roberts Ltd, has been appointed the new chairman of Tasmania’s three water...
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Has Forestry Changed its Spots?
Has Forestry changed its spots? The answer is definitely not. Last weekend I went on a trip up to Dublin Plains, which...
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Wrecking ball fears for old fort
THE Defence Department is expecting an outcry over plans to demolish 42 structures with heritage significance at a Tasmanian military landmark over...
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Bio-Morph – experiments in simultaneous biography: Kerry O’Brien
KERRY O’BRIEN: My next guest is a former law clerk, union boss and press secretary to Gough Whitlam. He’s the Government Whip...
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Backflip on a great opportunity
Earlier this month the Glenorchy City Council had the opportunity to put itself on a projection of future sustainability without burdening the...
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Trust us. Not yet!
Simon’s plaintive cry suggested, inter alia, environmentalists are operating in “a knowledge vacuum” away from “the harder reality” of a true understanding...
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Ponzi Government
Since the Global Financial Crash (GFC) a couple of years ago, economists have been warning that ‘we are living on borrowed time...
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The Weeping Sore
As the Australian territory closest to Indonesia, Christmas Island has in recent years become a favoured destination for refugee boats. And so...
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Why consult the electorate?
With our parliamentarians voting in support of a motion to consult their electorates on gay marriage, it is worth asking why they...
