Tasmanian Times
Health
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947Tasmanian nurse recruitment drive draws a blank, unions blame pay, conditions for failure
First published March 14 A taxpayer-funded, three-week trip to the United Kingdom to entice nurses to work in the Tasmanian health system...
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Tasmanian democracy is bought … democracy is sold …
“When corporate or other interests hand over cash to a political party they are entitled to expect that it will act in...
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Money well spent on women’s health in the sex trade … or not … ?
*Pic: New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, 2010, Stepping Forward … The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) was founded in 1987, ostensibly to aid...
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The Climate to Come …
First published March 7 There is no graphic that will explain everything but this one goes close to telling us why many...
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The health message that has escaped both major parties …
Every year, Tasmania’s public hospitals need another 50 beds just to keep up with rising demand. But that basic reality seems to...
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Wrong development …
In the midst of an unprecedented boom in tourism and construction in Tasmania there are some developments Tasmanians do not want to...
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Overheard on the Prosser River Mouth
Hard not to personalise this article when I’m dread-filled at the inevitable … and sharing my horror with a stranger too who’s...
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The Rocky History Of The Adani Carmichael Mine
*Pic: Flickr, Doongmabulla springs, Galilee Basin. Credit: Tom Jefferson There can be few projects in the world causing as many internal political...
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‘The Liberals’ grubby little secret’
Satire: Ted Mead Cartoon: Leunig, http://www.leunig.com.au/ used with permission … First published Feb 21 The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, is...
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Outrage over Oxfam investigations into paedophiles, sexual misconduct …
*Pic: Philippe Sosson, Flickr Yesterday’s news about NGO Oxfam’s 2011 internal investigation into allegations against some staff over sexual abuse, harassment and...
