Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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985Coasts: Urgent need for a fresh way forward
Picture: Thomas Moore Photography A new alliance of NGOs and professionals with coastal expertise, the Tasmanian Coastal Alliance (TasCA), has questioned the...
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Forestry Tasmania’s arrogant trashing of Aboriginal and settler history
Forestry chief Bob Gordon, left, and Minister Bryan Green Forestry Tasmania is planning to clearfall timber above the famous Liffey Falls near...
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New Tasmanian Heritage Council Chair … and conflict of interest
Dr Dianne Snowden Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, Brian Wightman has appointed Dr Dianne Snowden chairperson for the Tasmanian Heritage Council....
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Cash crash: state has just $196m in reserve
Daze THE Tasmanian government has used up almost all the cash in its piggy bank according to the Tasmanian Auditor-General. In a...
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Wilkie intervenes. AMA: Wilkie tricked. Wilkie: AMA wrong
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has criticised the Tasmanian Greens for misleading the community over Federal funding and putting that...
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Jan Davis, you are wrong
Jan Davis I must remonstrate with the CEO of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Assocation, Jan Davis, over not unrelated issues. This...
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Julia … just like John (Howard). Abbott on the nose
Gillard’s 4 out of 4 for Howard Prime Minister Gillard has backed former Prime Minister Howard’s policy on four vital issues which...
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Local Government reform: More people participation in smaller units!
The central point in all this amalgamation hype is the missing mechanism of “participatory partnership democracy” (for lack of a better description)....
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Crises can be openings
The past several years have witnessed the spectacular unraveling of capitalism, or so it has appeared. Venerated investment banks have vanished overnight,...
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Invisible victims in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon is home to 1.2m foreign migrant workers out of which the domestic migrant worker (DMW) population is estimated...
