Tasmanian Times
Democracy Tasmania
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Governors, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Sir Guy Green His Excellency the Honourable Sir Guy S Green AC KBE, Former Governor of Tasmania, 29 October 1999 Menzies Oration...
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PM backs culture of disclosure
Jano Gibson SMH May 9, 2008 GOVERNMENT agencies will be encouraged to adopt a pro-disclosure culture under changes aimed at giving the...
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Tamar Residents Will Fight On
Rick Pilkington I don’t believe it is in the nature of Australians to be polite when they smell bullshit. And let’s face...
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When Democracy Turns to Kleptocracy
Buck Emberg By seemingly quiet and covert cunning, many of our present politicians, male and female, have changed the political rules while...
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The profound contempt of the Lennon government
Peter Henning Sovereign Risk versus Section 11 of the Pulp Mill Assessment Act That contempt was nowhere more apparent than in Section...
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Democracy rally: What Jeremy said
Jeremy Rockliff MP We are greatly concerned that a recent Morgan poll showed that not only did sixty per cent of Tasmanians...
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Democracy rally: What Peg said
Peg Putt I released a list of more than 20 questions on Friday – yet all week the government embarked on bully...
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Odd to fear watchdogs, as bark’s worse than bite
Richard Ackland The Tasmanians have just seen firsthand how governments fiddle the judicial selection process to punish those who offend the party...
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Our MPs commitment to us
Neil Smith We should first point out their commitment to paragraph 2 “To our constituents, we owe honesty, accessibility, accountability, courtesy and...
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The persecution of Nigel Burch
Sue Neales Mercury Comment For example, how does Tasmania treat political whistleblowers such as Nigel Burch, the sacked adviser to former deputy...
