Tasmanian Times
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967When Justice loses its appeal
A murder conviction which eminent lawyers and legal experts say is quite possibly a gross miscarriage of justice has exposed serious deficiencies...
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Justification and excuse
Ideas matter; they shape the fate of individuals and the destiny of nations. Take John Howard’s alternative reason for the Iraq War...
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Abbott’s eco folly will cost us
HEARTACHE from the flooding of Lake Pedder in 1973 by a state government hell bent on development galvanised a global green movement...
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Climate change models underestimate likely temperature rise, report shows
Estelle Ross: Evening (cloud) reflections on the Tamar River … The Earth’s climate is far more sensitive to carbon dioxide emissions than...
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Fresh Thinking — For Our Grandchildren
The laws of physics tell us we can’t build a rocket that will travel faster than the speed of light, that gravity...
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A happy new year is unlikely …
Eye of the storm … Premier Giddings and financial advisers … The Libs’ strategy is equally facile … One lesson from the...
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Grammar – A Selective Public High School
The public debate on education in Tasmania would appear to follow a tired pattern. A report is published somewhere identifying a subject...
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Potential bidders for Gunns get more time
KORDA MENTHA partner Bryan Webster has extended the deadline for expressions of interest in all or part of Gunns Group to the...
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Martin Gilmour: Here is a quick lesson …
Martin Gilmour in the Sunday Examiner 22- 12- 2013 – under the spurious title “Whistle Blower” – proves that he is indeed...
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The day Australia failed the test of the most basic common decency …
Picture from www.banliveexports.com Yesterday, December 13 2013, The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) granted a permit for 80,000 Australian sheep...
