Tasmanian Times
State
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The voice
HEAR that? That’s the sound of a gravitationally-challenged female of the species ending her song. And whilst the tune may not be...
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Property rights
IF the right to own property is the “fundamental principle on which pluralist democracies are based” (Felmingham, Opinion, “Sunday Tasmanian”, 19/3/06), then...
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A bag of wonders
WHAT a bag of post-election political wonders turned up in The Mercury on April Fool’s Day! Tony Cutcliffe of the Melbourne based...
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Lifelong love job
IT”S good to be standing here, at the final turn of the electoral wheel for Denison after a campaign that was both...
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Pesticides and fruit and veg
ARTICLES on this matter have recently appeared in The Guardian newspaper: Is Organic worth it?: www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/O..1743666.00.html And Choice magazine: Pesticides in our...
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The forced marriage
Extract: Michael Field, who spent three years as Premier during the Labor-Green Accord from 1989-92, says that alliance was a “forced marriage”...
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Fox believer
MY wife and I have been members of the Wildcare group, Friends of Lillico Penguins, for three years. On Monday evenings during...
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Fox sceptic
SOME biologists are convinced that foxes have established in Tasmania. In 1998 a fox travelled on a freight ferry across Bass Strait...
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My call to the spray complaints unit
I called the Spray Complaints Unit in Tasmania today and spoke to Peter Lee Archer. I asked a number of questions related...
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The Denison message
WITH the counting over and the vagaries of Hare-Clark demonstrated yet again, Tasmania has elected the status quo. The only thing that...
