Tasmanian Times
Politics
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Tainted philanthropy
RICK PILKINGTON Communities have deep meanings for people. People long for their communities to retain the values that have sustained them. This...
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Bust Me Gall and Break Me Neck – Patsy Adam Smith 1968
via Dr DAVID OBENDORF PATSY ADAM-SMITH It seemed to me when I came to Tasmania still in my teens that my lack...
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On Fox, Shit and Post Modern Tasmanian Social Pathology
RICHARD BUTLER There is a social pathology in Tasmania. It is evidenced by a small number of inter-generationally repeated behaviours. 1. The...
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Unconscious corruption: Part 1
BUCK THOR EMBERG. B.T. Emberg is a PhD History Candidate at the University of Tasmania When living in China, I became painfully...
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Democracy has died and nobody noticed
BARNABY DRAKE There was a time, not so long ago, when you could express an opinion, go to a rally, speak to...
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These stupid pollies deserve the fate of the Dodo
JOHN HAYWARD The first thing to understand about the Protection of Agricultural Land Policy is that it is no such thing. It...
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Metro change anger
BEV BRILL I organised a private petition, paid for by me, regarding the stuff up with the Metro Bus Services to the...
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Credit Unions are a thing of the past aren’t they?
PAT SYNGE Why shouldn’t MyState merge with TPX and form a shareholder owned company? Why would the directors unanimously recommend demutualisation if...
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Digital maps
ANDREW CONNOR, Digital Tamania Digital Tasmania has posted online several maps which were distributed at the NBN announcement on Saturday 25th of...
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I’d rather eat potato chips than woodchips
RUSSELL LANGFIELD Once again David Llewellyn and the Tasmanian Labor Govenment are slashing funding of services to the agricultural industry departments. Despite...
