Tasmanian Times
Politics
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1.1KIs this our social contract?
As far as I can see, our supposed ‘social contract’ in Australia, between the citizens and ‘their’ government operates as follows:. The...
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What else the rorting of the public purse via travel expenses has exposed …
… The unrepresentative nature of our party politicians … If our party politicians were truly representing us they would have been very...
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Australia was ready to act on climate 25 years ago, so what happened next?
New book investigates how corporate interests and ideologues worked to make Australia doubt what it knew about climate change and its risks...
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The renaissance of small-scale manufacturing
*Pic: 3D printers like this one offer smaller manufacturers a competitive edge. (Alan Levine/Flickr – CC BY 2.0) Manufacture has long been...
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Call for submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry
Call for public submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry On 19 January 2015, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for...
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Nine must-ride trips for cyclists
(CNN)The magic of the open road, trail or mountain has long captured the imaginations of cyclists, whether they are professional riders or...
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How to save the Planet … and Humankind
The world’s nations will meet at the UN in Paris on December to continue dialogue on “How to save the Planet and...
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Why won’t Christopher Pyne take “No” for an answer…
… is he scared of losing tens of thousands in political donations for the Liberals? Political Donations 2013-14 Recently you asked if...
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How Mohammad Nasim Najafi died in a detention centre
Two weeks after being beaten and placed in a solitary cell, asylum seeker Mohammad Nasim Najafi was dead. These were his last...
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A history of Hydro
Going back to the Seventies and the early 80’s I recall Hydro Tasmania media statements saying water levels in the state’s dams...
