Tasmanian Times
Politics
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1.0KThe Undercurrent: why are we being fed by a poison expert? Monsanto and Roundup – video
The Undercurrent delves into the world of mass agriculture to ask how one company has such huge control over the world’s food...
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Isla’s Feminist Roundup …
• Psychologist and author Steve Biddulph backs petition for @Coles and @Woolworths to bin Zoo Weekly #losetheladsmags: Coles, Woolworths: tips for coercing...
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Keep it in the ground …
On Friday (recently), I stepped down as editor of the Guardian. Six months ago, when I announced my decision, I said I...
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Tony Abbott is almost certainly a British dual citizen — and so he can’t be our PM
Independent Australia Managing editor David Donovan explains why he has just come to the view that Tony Abbott is very likely to...
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Gillian Triggs has the right to criticise politicians’ use of power, says Labor
Human rights commissioner can target politicians for over-reaching ministerial power, Chris Bowen says, but MPs don’t have to agree with her Gillian...
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What is a politician … ?
While stitching a cut on the hand of a local 75 year old farmer previously caught in the squeeze gate while working...
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Nauru guards were spying on Sarah Hanson-Young, Senate inquiry told
Subcontractor claims surveillance team followed Greens senator around island and called her ‘The Raven’. But Tony Abbott says she was being ‘looked...
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The questions around the NBN rollout
Last week, the NBN rollout in Tassie was thrown into chaos when one of the major subcontractors carrying out the work (a...
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Australia has forfeited world leadership on climate policy, says Kofi Annan panel
Canberra has withdrawn from constructive engagement on the issue, says report, as Australia is grilled at crucial meeting in Germany Australia has...
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The Lord Howe Island Rat Eradication Programme
Australians to be Guinea Pigs for a Kiwi Folly Lord Howe Island is a small and isolated volcanic remnant about 600 kilometres...
