Tasmanian Times
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2.0KAfter the election, will Victoria get a corruption watchdog that works as promised?
Before the 2010 election, the opposition – now the government – promised Victorians an anti-corruption commission. This was to be closely modelled...
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Jeremy Rockliff, anti-government student organiser
Today the Minister for Education, Jeremy Rockliff, should make a brief addition to his official CV: ‘anti-government student organiser.’ A week or...
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Parents rally against cuts to state school staffing
Parents will gather this Thursday from 12.30pm on the lawns of Parliament House to voice their opposition to the proposed cuts to...
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A gamma-ray burst
Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the cosmos. Most are thought to be triggered when the core of a massive...
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Tasmanian Liberals polling slide continues
The latest EMRS Tasmanian voting intentions poll is mostly bad news for the Liberal Party. Their vote continues to slide. The only...
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Very little made sense … apart from crowd control and money-making
Before the March 2014 State election the State Liberals indicated they would stop the wastage of public funds directed to the fox...
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Devil disease: I wish I was a scientist
Devils: It might have begun with atrazine, 1080, or even with tree cloning experiments, but the scientists say it’s transmitted by biting…...
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Feminists please don’t shut up …
*Pic: Josie Young and son Mandela. It’s Mandela’s first day of Prep, 2014 There are those who say that feminism has gone...
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They are failing us miserably …
Last Friday I had the privilege of watching children from northern Tasmania’s public schools play at the annual Esk Band Extravaganza, and...
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Crikey says: Abbott’s ABC pledge must be taken in context
Defending the Abbott government’s decision to cut more than $300 million from the public broadcaster budgets yesterday, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said...
