Tasmanian Times
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780This shocking animal abuse
Andrew Wilkie speaking on the Voice for Animals (Independent Office of Animal Welfare) Bill 2013* in the Parliament on 3 Jun 2013...
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Prison smoking bans deter crime
August 30, 2010: When the Isle of Man banned smoking in prisons the crime rate reportedly dropped, because apparently criminals don’t want...
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Forestry Tasmania changes course on Bruny Island
Spirit of Bruny’s efforts to persuade Forestry Tasmania not to harvest coupes within a future reserve, established by the Tasmanian Forests Agreement...
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Silencing the Whistle-Blowers
LAST week Pfc. Bradley Manning returned to court for his final pretrial hearing in the WikiLeaks case, an appearance that has renewed...
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Sunny uplands
Alternative energy will no longer be alternative Rebranding is always a tricky exercise, but for one field of technology 2013 will be...
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Andrew Mellon and the lessons for Australia
By January 1932 Andrew Mellon had been Secretary of the American Treasury for 11 years. His was an unelected external appointment to...
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Monsanto: Russia warns Obama
The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting this past week with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the Russian leaders...
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Talking Straightly
I’m coming out. I admit and declare that I am a heterosexual male. I love my wife and 3 kids, and my...
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Countless millions of sawlog tonnes smashed, chipped, wasted …
Kim Booth with the log piles taken from Burnie wharf which produced the local saw-milled product. … at taxpayers’ expense … SAWMILL...
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The Question of Bass Strait
What’s wrong with sea access across Bass Strait? Federal equalisation schemes exclude the fair transport of people, many vehicles and about half...
