Tasmanian Times
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1.2KThe Ghost Fox of Van Diemen’s Land
The ghost fox floats without a sound High above snapping hound From Burnie to Hobart Town Its foot never to touch the...
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Sex and the Reasonable Man
The reasonable man (or the more politically correct ‘reasonable person’) is a time-honoured legal construct against which human behavior is judged –...
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Coasts: Urgent need for a fresh way forward
Picture: Thomas Moore Photography A new alliance of NGOs and professionals with coastal expertise, the Tasmanian Coastal Alliance (TasCA), has questioned the...
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Forestry Tasmania’s arrogant trashing of Aboriginal and settler history
Forestry chief Bob Gordon, left, and Minister Bryan Green Forestry Tasmania is planning to clearfall timber above the famous Liffey Falls near...
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New Tasmanian Heritage Council Chair … and conflict of interest
Dr Dianne Snowden Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, Brian Wightman has appointed Dr Dianne Snowden chairperson for the Tasmanian Heritage Council....
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Cash crash: state has just $196m in reserve
Daze THE Tasmanian government has used up almost all the cash in its piggy bank according to the Tasmanian Auditor-General. In a...
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Wilkie intervenes. AMA: Wilkie tricked. Wilkie: AMA wrong
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has criticised the Tasmanian Greens for misleading the community over Federal funding and putting that...
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After many millions … it’s back to TAFE?
EDUCATION and Skills Minister Nick McKim has opened the way for a resurrection of TAFE under a review of the state’s vocational...
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Jan Davis, you are wrong
Jan Davis I must remonstrate with the CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Assocation, Jan Davis, over not unrelated issues. This...
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Local Government reform: More people participation in smaller units!
The central point in all this amalgamation hype is the missing mechanism of “participatory partnership democracy” (for lack of a better description)....
