Tasmanian Times
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1.3KBASSLINK: A Wrap. $400m cost? The Senate Inquiry …
This is in the UTAS archives from December 1932 … Updated with a picture of 2016 Energy Minister Matthew Groom. THE BASSLINK...
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Why shouldn’t we raise the legal smoking age to 21 … ?
… Because the tobacco free generation (TFG) idea is better! A critique of the Tasmanian Liberal Government’s plan to raise the minimum...
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Tasmanians say: ‘Show Us Our Drinking Water Data’
The State Labor Party announced in parliament last week its opposition to TasWater’s proposed website model to publish Tasmania’s drinking water data....
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Super Trawler Senate Inquiry Hears of Diminishing Transparency
Recreational fishers and conservationists called for Senators to respond to the overwhelming public opposition to industrial scale freezer factory trawlers in Australia’s...
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Inbred, fat: Liberal MP attacks political advisers
Inbred, fat, abnormal: that’s the extraordinary connection made by a South Australian Liberal MP in his latest spray at the political class...
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April 17: Bill McKibben’s Hobart Oration. The Rogue Nation …
Tasmania recently experienced a record-breaking drought that has parched much of the state and led to the worst bushfires in memory. This...
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Launched! Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival
Wonderful launch last night … of the 2016 Stranger With My Face Horror Film Fesitval. Wonderful short, sharp films … You can...
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Human rights atrocity in Victorian psychiatric hospitals
*Pic: ECT … (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) This is an Australian story. I was profoundly shocked to hear that...
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‘There is reason to celebrate the protection of our Blue Derby forests …’
Members of the community group Blue Derby Wild cautiously welcome announcements that threatened forest areas around the Flickety Sticks, Dam Busters, and...
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A reality check on sex work
*Pic: Image from HERE Recent articles have argued for and against decriminalization of prostitution. It’s an emotive subject, likely to raise strong...
