Tasmanian Times
Politics
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A New Paradigm or “Second Wave” Thinking
Bob Cotgrove The following article was published in The Mercury in November 1988. It was written by Bob Cotgrove, lecturer in economic...
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Inconsistent signals
Mike Bolan Could the federal government be fixated on policy to the exclusion of all else. It’s as if we’re lying on...
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Saving the Franklin: A people’s rebellion
Kate Crowley The self-interested politics of small-minded politicians was a world away from the blockade. The blockaders were intent on refocusing the...
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The pitched battle
A correspondent Karen State, Burma A PITCHED battle lasting all of this week between soldiers of Burma’s ruling military junta and the...
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Still Yes Minister in Hobart
phill Parsons Its now or never time because when the climate goes runaway and the instabilities become permanent, feeding on each other...
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The colour of money
Alison Bleaney Unfortunately, Australia follows USA’s lead; for food colours,food additives,GM, pesticides, chemicals … No-one can explain to me any scientific basis...
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Dams Built by Slave Labour in Burma
A correspondent Karen State, Burma The dams will create vast reservoirs that will inundate lands the KNLA calls its own. Building the...
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A shrunken concern
Sue Neales Mercury A political contraction which in 1998 was seen by the electorate as a way of saving on the cost...
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Gunns manipulated Government
ABC Online The Tasmanian Greens have accused the timber company Gunns of manipulating the State Government. Greens leader Peg Putt says Gunns...
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Police probe legal post
Sue Neales Mercury POLICE are investigating an explosive new allegation of corruption at the highest levels of Tasmanian political and legal circles....
