Tasmanian Times
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830Australia under the spotlight in Human Rights Watch World Report 2015
AUSTRALIA has been named and shamed on a list of the world’s worst human rights offenders — but it’s not just our...
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The Red Fox incursion into Tasmania …
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (48)
*Pic: The great American environmentalist Aldo Leopold The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town...
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Chinese tourism and business development in Tasmania
This week a furniture designer/maker (one man business) had a visit from a ‘suit’ and a Chinese furniture maker. They both walked...
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One of our tallest trees has fallen …
In 1985, in a lounge at Singapore airport, I overheard Weary Dunlop – then in his late 70s – reciting Tennyson’s Ulysses...
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A prize that pales all others
Rodney Croome (above), the first Australian of the Year finalist to be recognised for work on LGBTI issues and equality, reflects on...
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Terrorism 101: A little history …
Oils ain’t oils Statesmen like to keep on saying some grubby policy is the opposite of what it really is until we...
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Strong response to Campbell Newman’s re-election bid
Campbell Newman has lost his seat, the LNP cannot win enough seats to form government in their own right and a key...
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Ten things to watch on and after election night in Queensland
You know it’s an extraordinary election when a party holds 73 of the 89 seats in parliament thanks to a record-breaking victory...
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Inside Operation Boring, the LNP’s strategy to reclaim Queensland
If Queensland’s Liberal National Party reclaims government at this Saturday’s election, you can be sure the politicians will be quick to take...
