Tasmanian Times
State
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1.0KThe myth of bad minority government
THE MERCURY’S columnist Wayne Crawford last Saturday pondered whether Rene Hidding’s Liberals had managed to pledge themselves out of office by declaring...
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Rubricitis
I really must protest very strongly at the uninformed and inane criticism of the Eduction Department’s intelligent and innovative Essential Learning curriculum....
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Your Say: Libs
Thank you, thank you Rene Hidding for your policy launch, resplendent in pin-striped suit. My mind and hand reached out for Chris...
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Chips too dear: Price blamed for slump
TASMANIAN woodchips are becoming too expensive for the Japanese paper industry to buy, Australia’s leading forest products economist has warned. Robert Eastment,...
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Labor … and workers’ comp
ON 23rd November 2000 the then Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources Mr Lennon proposed to the Tasmanian Parliament that there be...
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Bring it on. Please!
LET’S face it; whenever this Tasmanian House of Assembly general election is called, a whole bunch of Labor votes are going to...
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States of anxiety
LAST WEEK FORMER Tasmanian Premier Robin Gray, while commenting on ABC Radio’s Tim Cox show about the current dry spell, the level...
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The many hats of Mr Evans
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS everywhere deal “sensitively” with vital information that they think might embarrass them, their departments or their political leaders. You could...
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Fight for your rights
THE June 30 rally at City Hall showed how angry many Tasmanians are about the proposed Industrial Relations campaign. These people have...
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Scapegoats and spin doctors
FORMER TT-Line chairman Nick Evers says he has been a victim of “political spin-doctoring” as the State Government tries to off-load the...
