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933Can’t we return to a simpler, more sustainable way of life … ?
Cities are getting bigger and rural communities are shrinking. It is a global trend that has been going on for decades. Alarm...
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Arctic Heat Wave – An Ominous Sign!
*Pic: Orcas in melting Arctic Sea Ice Abnormally high temperature in the Arctic circle. The diminishing Artic ice sheet over the past...
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First Day … April
Petrifaction Bay looking towards the Strzelecki National Park – at low tide you can see the fascinating remains of volcanic lavas –...
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Corporate tax cuts: the new ball tampering …
*Pic: Thomas Hawk, Flickr … “In politics the dismissed Small Business Minister, Bruce Billson, took on a new role with the Franchise...
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The Unity of Art, Literature, Music and Life
*Pic: Poussin … a Dance To The Music of Time This is a longer article than usual because, although it covers four...
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Big Ideas for Tasmania’s future
Today at midday, The Australia Institute Tasmania will launch a new initiative cheekily titled #WTF2050 – What’s Tasmania’s Future? #WTF2050 has asked...
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The Sound of Silence: Afrin and the Darkness of Australia’s Foreign Policy
The darkness at the core of Australia’s foreign policy is highlighted both by Canberra’s silence over the invasion of Afrin, and by...
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Tarkine wildness … and the discovery of Tiger Hollow
*Pic– Ted Mead – Mist cloaks the Tarkine’s forest near Savage River – Raw wild earth Australia’s largest single tract of rainforest...
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Tasmania’s Energy Future
Currently Tasmania stationery energy supply is largely dependent on rainfall to power the hydro system, on some wind farms on the edge...
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‘Commitment to tabling human rights law’
Independent Candidate for Hobart, Richard Griggs, today announced his commitment to tabling a bill to establish a Tasmanian Human Rights Act. In...
