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1.0KTasWater concedes NE Tas water may have been contaminated for years. A Will … but no way?
*Pic: Professor Mark Taylor with corroding pipes believed to be the source of the contamination. Tasmania’s water authority has conceded that communities...
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Tasmania introduces “religious freedom” legislation, just days after Indiana scraps it
In the last few weeks something extraordinary happened in the US state of Indiana. Governor Michael Pence presided over new legislation to...
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Venture Minerals’ 2 cents worth
*ABC Pic: The buck (should) stop here … Minister for Resources Paul Harriss and Premier Will Hodgman … Venture Minerals shares have...
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State of imprisonment: Tasmania escapes ‘law and order’ infection
*Pic: of Risdon Prison at night, from builder Fairbrother’s website … Imprisonment rates in Tasmania have steadily declined over the past decade...
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STATE: Seal and dolphin death toll begins … Pulp Mill … Forestry …
Greens Leader and Primary Industries spokesperson Kim Booth MP has urged tripartite support for the Greens’ call – to be voted on...
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An ANZAC reflection …
The meaning of ANZAC is everywhere this autumn morning in a small, Western District soldier-settlement as a few old-timers rugged up against...
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Bread-and-circuses live on …
So, our disastrously misguided national leader, Tony Abbott, thinks that Iranian asylum seekers whose pleas to be accepted as refugees have been...
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Failing to deliver …
A campaign for Bass Strait interstate transport equality, initiated by the people and supported by business in two states, has failed to...
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Public-interest journalism is under threat …
Welcome Speech at the Tasmanian Media Awards Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2015 Tasmanian Media Awards. First, I...
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Rosebery – 7 years on and still waiting for safe water?
While residents living in the north east town of Winnaleah have recently been provided with a Reverse Osmosis water filtration system for...
