Tasmanian Times
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Rohan Wilson, who won the $5000 Margaret Scott Prize for the best book by a Tasmanian writer with The Roving Party, Katherine...
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Tasmanian Lower House: 25 or 35 Seats?
1. The possibility of restoring the old 35-seat system in the Tasmanian House of Assembly is currently being discussed ahead of a...
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EMRS: Liberals locking in support
EMRS: Liberal 55 Labor 23 (-4) Green 18 (+3) Ind 4 (+1) Interpretation: Liberal 56 Labor 25 Green 15 Ind 4 (Ind...
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LegCo: Pembroke and Nelson Challengers
Pic: ABC here The Mercury article announcing Ritchie’s return tilt, by Philip Heyward (Jan 19 2013) says: “She had been attacked for...
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Federal Labor Getting Smashed In Bass
Just some quick notes about the ReachTEL poll of Bass (federal) that appeared in the Examiner today. The findings are rather dramatic,...
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Uneven Swing to Liberals in Tasmanian State Election Polling
Uneven Swing to Liberals in Tasmanian State Election Polling Advance summary: 1. Figures from three 2012 polls of Tasmanian state voting intention,...
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Labor support dips in latest Newpoll
A bitter end to the year in Parliament appears to have cut short the Government’s recent recovery in the opinion polls. The...
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The LegCo’s Claimed Reasons For Rejecting Same-Sex Marriage
Adriana Taylor • The LegCo’s Claimed Reasons For Rejecting Same-Sex Marriage Advance Summary: 1. Analysis of the speeches of the eight Legislative...
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The Compliant Coalitionists: Voting Patterns in the Tasmanian Lower House
Advance summary: 1. In Tasmania’s current Labor-Green coalition-governed Parliament, votes on the floor of the Parliament in which the Greens vote with...
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Embattled Abbott Thirty-Six Below The Wave
Summary and extracts 1. Polling figures released by two pollsters on Monday show Tony Abbott with the worst personal ratings of his...
