Tasmanian Times
Politics
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805NATION: RET a shocking betrayal by the old parties …
• Independent Member for Denison Andrew Wilkie: The deal announced today to lower the Renewable Energy Target from 41,000 gigawatt hours to...
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Astor Grill, 6pm, Friday June 12: Dr Richard Denniss, Australia Institute
*Pic: of Dr Richard Denniss. New Daily Image, HERE “Any economist could tell you, a two-course meal at the Astor with selected...
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Meet The Tasmanian Comic Book Artist Taking The United States By Storm From His Bedroom
In a nondescript building on the outskirts of Washington DC a man stands nervously on a low stage, illuminated by intermittent camera...
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STATE: John West would turn in his grave …
The Sunday Examiner (17th May) published a Hate Letter (above) aimed at former Australian Greens leader Senator Christine Milne and written by...
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Tassie couple’s NZ ceremony fulfills their dream to marry …
Aroha. (Maori) 1. (verb) to love, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise. 2. (noun) affection, sympathy, charity, compassion, love, empathy. “We want...
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Federal Treasurer needs to explain ice comments
Shadow Health Minister Rebecca White today called on Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey to explain his comments about ice abuse in Tasmania. The...
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NATION: Personal choice and economic reality; Paid Parental Leave
Paid parental leave is contentious. Parents get fiercely protective over their right to reproduce. Non-parents get angry about subsidising ‘personal choices’. Politicians...
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NATION: Hockey’s incredible Budget Back-Flip
Joe Hockey’s second Budget set a new backflip benchmark even for the Abbott government which has elevated flip flops into a key...
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Ella … and the story that created our nation …
*Pic: Ella and bemused bub Charlie … Charles Wooley … as a charming little tacker … Charles Wooley … as 60 Minutes...
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Martyn Turner visits Oz …
I wrote this piece for the Irish Times after a five week visit to Australia in 1999. Those who concur with the...
