Tasmanian Times
State
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1.2KHonest Government not on the election agenda for the Major Parties
None of the incumbent MPs standing for re-election in the March state election responded to Tasmanians for Transparency’s candidate survey on a...
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Five Ideas That May Change How You Think About Privacy
TED, NPR and The Huffington Post are teaming up to explore the state of privacy today. Listen here
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More whales slaughtered in whale sanctuary
Sunday March 2, 2014 – Melbourne, Australia — Today, at approximately 10:05 AEDT, Sea Shepherd located the factory vessel of the Japanese...
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Big majority sick of forest war
MORE than 90 per cent of Tasmanians are sick of the conflict over native forestry and support an agreement to end it,...
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Tasmanian political leaders face off in televised debate
Tasmania’s next leader … ? The Tasmanian Premier has joined the Liberal Leader in urging Tasmanians to ignore the minor parties. Lara...
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Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String
In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...
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Howes set to profit from Gunns debt. Gay bid. Tailrace
MERRICK Howes’s purchase of the debt of bankrupt Tasmanian timber company Gunns may turn out to be one of New York-based Anchorage...
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Qantas union anxious about fallout for Tasmanian jobs
Hundreds of Tasmanian workers in a Qantas call centre are anxiously awaiting information about whether their jobs are safe. Qantas has confirmed...
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Asylum seeker attempts suicide after deportation notice
An Iranian asylum seeker who received a deportation notice is in hospital in Hobart after trying to kill himself. Lawyer Madeleine Ogilvie...
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Public forum finds unanimous support for development at The Springs
On Wednesday 26th Feb at 12:30pm, approximately 150 Hobart residents met at the Town Hall to discuss alternative developments to a cable...
