Tasmanian Times
Politics
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919Fire down under
Projections for Australia present a conundrum. It looks likely to escape extreme temperatures rises of 10 °C or more seen elsewhere, but...
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Nothing unexpected here
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/10/06/101575_tasmania-news.html Ha! … nothing unexpected from the government here… but what an irony that the Australian Education Union’s president Leanne Wright has...
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They have learned to hide behind weasel phrases
A few years ago, I travelled through Tasmania with a group of British tourists who had been touring around Australia. They commented...
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Jobs jobs jobs! How many new pulp mill jobs?
There are several competing stories around the pulp mill proposal that we are asked to believe. We can choose to believe Gunns’...
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One Sunday at Beaconsfield
The travelling cabinet, the community forums, and the decentralized parliamentary sittings are all recent reincarnations of a political practice stretching as far...
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The Dilemma
Readers, have a look at the policewoman’s face. She is in a dilemma, we too are similarly caught. I quote Don Davey:...
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Get the facts right
You know I just don’t get it, there seems to be two groups here claiming the high moral ground and that is...
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Dairy rally
Tasmanian dairy farmers are not alone in their fight for a fair milk price. The turnout at today’s rally in Devonport was...
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FLINDERS SHIPPING SINKING SLOWLY
As Minister Fails To Deny Damage to Island Economy The Tasmanian Greens today called on Infrastructure Minister Graeme Sturges to apologise for...
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DAIRY FARMERS JUST WANT A FAIR GO & A FAIR DAY’S PAY FOR A FAIR DAY’S WORK
The Tasmanian Greens today joined with other political parties to support the State’s dairy farmers and their families at the rally held...
