Tasmanian Times
Health
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1.1K‘Federal and State Governments admit that world’s largest freshwater lobster is in trouble’
*Pic: Todd ‘The Lobster Man’ Walsh and a giant freshwater crayfish. The Wilderness Society has teamed up with moo brew to create...
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They will be wrong …
The Tasmanian Upper House’s decision to vote against watering down hate speech laws is sure to be controversial. Some people will say...
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Contrarian Views On Temperature Have Melted Away …
*Pic: Flickr, David Blackwell: ‘Walking home one evening in 2074 Paul wondered about the scientific breakthrough reversing the effects of climate change...
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Adding insult to injury ….
My 16 year old son payed rugby on Saturday. Burnie Emus against University, from Hobart, at the Burnie ground. During his first...
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Terminal Decline …
The Victorian Government has taken the lead on Dying With Dignity demonstrating yet again that Tasmania does not have the cojones to...
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Toughness and unwillingness to back down …
The Eternal Letter and I promise to not brag about family or children … or tell you too much about illnesses or...
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‘Removing poker machines good for economy’
*Cartoon: Leunig, used with permission, http://www.leunig.com.au/ First published August 11 Removing poker machines from hotels and clubs would be a boon for...
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The Therapeutic Conversation
Changes to modern medicine mean less time devoted to therapeutic discussion. An article published early this year in the New York Times...
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‘Four Corners exposes crisis in nation’s recycling industry while government sits silent’
*Pic: Nicolas Nova, Flickr Greens spokesperson on Waste & Recycling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded to Monday’s 4 Corners program that exposed the...
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NATION: Turnbull’s terror bust raises big questions over his government and his leadership
First published August 7 Riotous splashes of daffodil – Petals on a wet, black bough, cheer a bleak Lakemba Street, in the...
