Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "spotlight"
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2.3KPlanning/HeritageTasmanian Planning Laws and Institutions Under Attack
In the 1990s Tasmanian state governments introduced a range of progressive planning and environmental laws including the State Coastal Policy, the Threatened...
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1.4KHealthMore Support Needed for Tas North-West
Calls are growing for more support for health services in the state’s north-west in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak. “With the...
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1.3KClimate Change
Sorry to Disappoint Climate Deniers, but Coronavirus makes the Low-Carbon Transition more Urgent
by John Hewson, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Climate deniers have been hanging out for the United Nations’ next...
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1.8KTas That Was
The Spanish Influenza Danger
Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 – 1928) , Wed 20 Nov 1918 , Page 2 THE SPANISH INFLUENZA DANGER In Tasmania we are taking...
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1.8KCreative Tasmania
Putting Cruise Ships to Use
The owners of cruise ships, who up until now have given so much pleasure to so many, are being given a particularly...
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10.0KThink
Risdon Prison is No Place for Rehabilitation
It was because torture, flogging, and hanging became repugnant to community sensibilities and their efficacy questioned, that they were ultimately abolished in...
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2.4KArticle
Australian Government Urged to Acquire Aurora Australis as Emergency Vessel
The Australian government has been urged to acquire the soon-to-be retired Aurora Australis to address critical shortages of food and other essential...
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1.4KHealth
Pandemic Health Messaging: What Do We Know?
We’ve known about pandemic health messaging since 1918. So when it comes to coronavirus, what has Australia learnt? Australia’s coronavirus public health...
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1.5KCurrent Affairs
Call for Increased Tas Testing
#BREAKING: Three new cases of coronavirus in Tasmania, state total now 74. One of the cases was employed by a tour company...
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1.3KHealth
Public Health: Urgent Alert
Media release – Dr Mark Veitch, Director of Public Health, Public Health Services,1 April 2020 Coronavirus alert Public Health Services have contacted...
