Tasmanian Times
State
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1.0KA horror budget for patients
Deep, deep behind the back-on-track guff, the state government has hidden the details of its ongoing evisceration of public hospitals. You will...
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Huon Valley Guessing Games: Huon waits on the real umpire’s call
Photo: In the spot reserved for Mayor Peter Coad in Huon Valley Council’s car park, Huonville On at least two occasions, someone...
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Damning findings on training company spark calls for Tasmanian Liberals to return donations
The Tasmanian Liberal Party is under pressure to return a $23,500 political donation after an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer...
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Stop the nonsense Mr Turnbull
NBN Bust! A brief, grainy, almost noir, news item, with not much action and an eerily silent soundtrack screening repeatedly on national...
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Peter Dutton: a menace to multicultural Australia
If Malcolm Turnbull is returned he should tip Peter Dutton out of the immigration portfolio when he chooses his new ministry. Dutton’s...
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Paul Mason warns political journalists: ‘You have no real idea what is going on’
Ex-Channel 4 News economics editor tells International Journalism Festival ( ) that making a film about Greece gave him new insight into...
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When the going gets tough on the campaign trail …
When the going gets tough on the campaign trail, Australians discovered last Wednesday, the tough may just get up and leave. Golden...
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More young Tasmanians take up smoking
New figures showing an unexpected increase in smoking among young Tasmanians will put pressure on the state government to move forward with...
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Turnbull stumbles into election campaign
Giving a new spin to Ambrose Bierce’s view that politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage, Tony Abbott surges...
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Why we need a Royal Commission into banking and financial services
There is now a heated debate over the need for a royal commission into banking and financial services, with the government continuing...
