Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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970Mercury Talking Point: ‘Questions on election transparency a matter of democracy’
ACCOUNTABILITY and transparency are in short supply when it comes to politics in Tasmania. The March State election, which was bought by...
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Reviewed! Ian Moss …
‘Listen now to the wind babe Listen now to the rain Feel that water lickin’ at my feet again I don’t want...
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Long Live our gracious Aunty …
First published June 21 I am far too old not to feel a shiver of time-worn apprehension snake down my spine when...
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A Tourism Apocalypse
*Pic: The vista greeting tourists … First published June 22 What a delightful scene for tourists wishing to visit the epic sites...
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The (austere) golden age of Peter Gutwein
First published June 19 “I believe,” said Peter Gutwein in his budget speech, “that Tasmania is on the cusp of a golden...
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Damn, dash, bother … !
Damn, dash, bother! Couldn’t plunge into the icy Derwent this year … ’cause I’d forgotten I had to register for The Solstice...
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Trump pisses on the Statue of Liberty …
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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‘I’m nearly 100, I saw 1945 refugee crisis firsthand. I need people to listen to my warning. Vid’
I cannot sit back in good conscience while the world my generation built is left to turn feral in the hands of...
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‘Cable car proponents threaten legal action over protest website’
*Pic: ROB WALLS. Richard Flanagan’s memorable speech to an anti-cable car rally in Cascade Park a month ago. The speech was before...
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French Bulldogs, Faberge and the Romanov Family
*Pic: The Family Pets of Tsar Alexander II by Shvabe 1867 with three cropped-eared English bulldogs. [Tsarskoe Selo, St Petersburg] Part II:...
