Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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1.3KDelightful Diva
Marcia Hines biography is called Diva and such is the nature of the lady she would dismiss the title wholeheartedly but Marcia...
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Carbon tax: A very great move in the teeth of the Big End of Town
This is a huge step forwards, and shows considerable dexterity in making it actually a positive for most Australians dollar wise. And...
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WORTH THE WAIT? A Look at the Auditor General’s review of Forestry Tasmania
What on earth was Auditor General Mike Blake doing? Three years after commencing his investigation into the Financial and Economic Performance of...
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The Inconvenient Truth: Forestry is in crisis
When Gunns – Australia’s biggest buyer of native forest wood – said ‘no more’, resistance abounded. Instead of grabbing the opportunity for...
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Tasmania … and the Conquest of Australia
Well before 1820 the island was home to the majority of Australia’s sheep – in that year Van Diemen’s Land was also...
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MPs attack Ludwig over rules
GOVERNMENT backbenchers have rubbished the resumption of live cattle exports to Indonesia because the new conditions do not require the stunning of...
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Geoff’s Best Reads
Every fortnight on Tasmanian Times, widely-read Geoff Dickinson chooses Six of the past fortnight’s Best Reads. Geoff’s Comment -Three items beneath are...
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Have the Health cuts gone too far … ?
Judging by this photo I took recently at St. Marys, I’d say the health cutbacks have already gone too far!
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How does a fiscal stimulus work these days?
It seems logical in this time of high unemployment and increasing poverty to be talking about stimulating the economy; for the federal...
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“New” nuclear reactors, same old story
It is important to have a critical mind and question a nuclear path to overcome global warming and climate change. The risks...
