Tasmanian Times
Health
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880The Protest at Vedanta …
Sixty people drummed and chanted at today’s protest in London, calling ‘Corporate Criminal, Shame on you!’ at executives entering the AGM and...
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Tasmania’s healthcare leaders unite to drive change
A program bringing together leaders to transform the healthcare system has just commenced, explain Craig Quarmby* and Greg Peterson*. Many words have...
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The Troglodytic Liberals and the Epoch of Coal
Renewable Energy is far beyond just a modern term. In fact over the past decade it has become one of the most...
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Local Councils Vote for Transparency at TasWater
The Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) has agreed to lobby the State government for the mandatory, real-time publication of Tasmania’s drinking...
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Diesel toxins
On an equal horsepower basis, diesel exhaust is 100 times more toxic than gasoline exhaust, even when carbon monoxide is considered, according...
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Here’s The Actual Impact All Those Buckets Of Ice Had On ALS Research
Remember this time last year when everyone’s congresswoman, favorite singer and probably a distant cousin or 10 was dumping ice water on...
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Barnaby Joyce hates sheep as well as dogs and cows!
*Pic: Andrew Wilkie holds up a picture of animal cruelty, in Federal Parliament during the Gillard government … The Independent Member for...
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Child and adolescent health workers reach crisis point …
*Pic: HACSU protest on Parliament House lawns DESPITE CLAIMS OF INCREASED FUNDING, THE STATE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO CHRONICALLY UNDERFUND AND SHORTSTAFF CHILD...
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What prostitution really means for women
This fortnight’s feminist roundup features three items that address the reality of prostitution in supposedly progressive first world states – jurisdictions where...
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Bob Ellis says he may have weeks to live after liver tests deliver ‘very bad’ news
The writer Bob Ellis has been diagnosed with aggressive liver cancer and says he may have just weeks to live. A prolific...
