Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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670Steady as she goes for State’s voting intentions
Premier Lara Giddings speaking at Rally’s rage against the cuts Voting intentions in the State have stabilised in recent months with the...
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Protecting the rights of churches
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, is calling on Federal Parliament to ensure that any changes to the Marriage Act do...
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Wilkie wins fairer deal for miners and will support MRRT
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will support the MRRT after securing a better deal for small miners. “Although I would...
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Forget NIMBY—the new battle cry is ‘Not On Our Planet’
My very favorite piece of punditry about the Keystone XL pipeline appeared the day after President Obama sent it back for more...
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‘Who’s on First? and What’s on Second?’
The original title was, ‘Who’s on First? and What’s on Second?’ I remember hearing the skit with my family as we sat...
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Parliament has a duty to protect children from junk food ads: Brown
The Australian Greens will introduce new legislation today to protect children from junk food advertising, after the Gillard Government and the Opposition...
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Crying ‘Fox’ too often…
Tell a story often enough and people begin to believe it. In June 2002 David Llewellyn resurrected a conspiracy theory covered by...
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Looking forward to a smoking ban on the route of the Tour De France?
The unremarked passage of the Tasmanian Public Health Amendment Bill 2011. This week was a noteworthy one for reform of tobacco regulation...
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Thousands Urge EPA to Discount Flawed Science on Syngenta’s Atrazine
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 14 – As EPA reconsiders the science on atrazine, new findings highlight the link between low-level exposure to the nation’s most...
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Those South Pacific Cane Cutters
Last week SBS repeated a Doco on the White Australia policy. In it the Kanakas got a mention and that prompted me...
