Tasmanian Times
Politics
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Australia’s Chile response to Independent whaling claims
TypingIsNotActivism FOLLOWING THE welcome trend of reversing previous intransigence, the Australian Government has successfully floated a measure intended to heavily reduce, if...
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The Shepherds head home
via Jon Sumby “We have no alternative but to retreat from the Southern Ocean.” Said Captain Paul Watson. “We have just enough...
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The tragedy foretold
Lindsay Tuffin March 10, 2008 GREG FARRELL, the head of Federal Hotels which has benefitted with enormous wealth from its gaming monoploy...
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Out of sight, out of mind
Henry Melville OUT OF SIGHT, out of mind. That’s how Tasmania operates — in its forests, in its gaol and now, it...
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Insider Republic: More dogs yap, Hodgman stands firm
Alexis Wadsley IN ANCIENT ROME, the Republic was protected by the law that Roman legions should never cross the Rubicon river, that...
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1.5KMother Cummings Peak … 10 years on
Neil Smith TEN years ago, the Tasmanian government and forest workers, with the connivance of officers of Tasmania Police, flouted their own...
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UN may ration food for the starving
Jon Sumby In the past year, food riots have broken out in Morocco, Yemen, Mexico, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Uzbekistan. After protests...
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The Extremists
Randall McMurphy But Im off the point – how insulting it must be to be labelled an extremist. Over 23,000 people have...
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The Premier and climate change
phill Parsons If we see a list of dated ideas presented as the steps taken we will know that the supposed conversion...
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Wake up to reality Tasmania
Ed Woodward Forestry is the magic that turns otherwise useless trees into sustainable products that lock in carbon forever, and we’re the...
