Tasmanian Times
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1.1KMachiavelli was alive and well in the Hobart Tally Room last Saturday …
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian Renaissance writer whose great contribution to history was to give politicians a bad name. He was...
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NATION: Despite light at the end of the tunnel, journey ahead will not be smooth …
“Despite the light at the end of the tunnel, the journey ahead will not be smooth.” – Wang-Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister. China’s...
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Turnbull’s parliamentary circus …
The Saturday Paper gives one free read a week. This is a brilliant summation of the Turnbull years. The legislative record of...
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‘‘Catastrophic’ decreases of Tassie ducks ahead of annual shoot’
*Pic: Last year’s protest … Comment 7: … ‘Photographer, Michelle Powell, who so generously lent her time and talents to document the...
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Cheeky: Gunned down by Rene
First published November 2005 MARINUS THEODOOR HIDDING insists on being called Rene with the pronunciation “Reen”; more often than not he gets...
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A new piece of Social Infrastructure …
*Satire: Far-Right Failed PM Tony Abbott … satire by DonkeyHotey, flickr First published March 8 Further to a couple of articles on...
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‘Free Choice Gaming Program’
Among the myriad of post-election policies being drip fed to the community is, I understand, a ‘Free Choice Gaming Program’ to be...
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Eulogy … Vanessa Goodwin
In the autumn of Hobart April 1969, Vanessa Goodwin was born. The only child of Edyth and Grant Goodwin. My father was...
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Sue-Neill Fraser’s final appeal case heard in Hobart Supreme Court
The prosecution team in the long-running Sue Neill-Fraser murder case has dismissed new so-called fresh and compelling evidence, used as justification for...
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Tasmanian democracy is bought … democracy is sold …
“When corporate or other interests hand over cash to a political party they are entitled to expect that it will act in...
