Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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America Is in Need of a Moral Bailout
Chris Hedges We live in an age of moral nihilism. We have trashed our universities, turning them into vocational factories that produce...
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A global ‘national security’ issue lurks at Bangladesh’s border
Lisa Friedman ClimateWire Published: March 23, 2009 BHOMRA, Bangladesh — A high, heavily reinforced barbed wire fence cuts a jagged line through...
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Entitlements for same sex couples
Julian Punch THE Federal Government has moved to eliminate discrimination from Commonwealth laws, bringing entitlements for same sex couples into line with...
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What the Obamas eat …
Huffington Post 1.Will Obama’s Food Safety Team Finally Regulate the Biggest Food Safety Hazard of Our Time 2.The Obamas Turn the White...
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Move to axe pesticides
Phill Pullinger Environment Tasmania ENVIRONMENT groups and experts are heartened by suggestions from Tasmania’s Primary Industries Minister, David Llewelyn, that a ban...
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AFL: No Tassie plan
Mercury: AFL chief officer Gillon McLachlan has told a Senate inquiry there are no plans to include a Tasmanian team. AFL chief...
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British American Tobacco secretly invades Tasmania using a “front” organisation.
Kathy Barnsley THE Butt Littering Trust has arrived in Tasmania, courtesy of several southern councils. According to page 26 of The Mercury...
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Ten days on the island free opening night celebration!
The free outdoor concert features Horace Andy (collaborator with UK trip-hop artists Massive Attack followed by Kenny Lopez & Cuban superstar Felix...
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Carbon Sinks Losing The Battle With Rising Emissions
via Jon Sumby ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2009) — The stabilising influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising carbon emissions...
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Pokies: where’s the detail?
Will Hodgman The Government’s belated action to address some of the issues surrounding problem gambling is welcome, but more details on how...
