Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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1.3KTasmania’s Ailing Health System and Forestry Debt – It’s inextricably linked …
*Pic: – Ted Mead – Millions of tonnes of carcinogenic high-particle CO2, has, and continues to be, released into Tasmania’s airways from...
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Removing Tasmania’s pokies would help gamblers without hurting the economy
Debate over poker machines is at the centre of the lead-up to this year’s Tasmanian state election. Labor’s promise to remove pokies...
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Fifteen years after Iraq war protests, peace is further away than ever
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner Jeremy Corbyn’s warnings on Iraq, Libya and Syria have proved terrifyingly right. And...
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Cultural and Physical Genocide: The Kurdish Case in Turkey
Introduction Genocide is a systematic use of violence or oppression with the aim of physically eliminating or culturally destroying a social group....
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Taylor-made failing of local democracy
First published Feb 16 Adriana Taylor, Huon Valley Council ‘Commissioner’ – ie, one-person Huon Valley Council – sat mostly in silence at...
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Huon mayoral wannabe picks at an old scab
All pics of the destruction of the Franklin Football Club clubrooms are by Mike Peters … The two documents Mike Wilson sent...
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‘84% of Tasmanians want donations disclosed before the election’
First published February 17 New polling ( HERE ) released yesterday by The Australia Institute Tasmania shows that voters want all parties...
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‘Liberals bent on destroying college system … ‘
The Tasmanian Liberal Party’s education policy reveals a Government set on destroying the college sector, the AEU’s Secondary Colleges Committee of Management...
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Christchurch, Top 5 Things to do for Tourists and Locals
Top5Tour handpicks the best to EAT, DRINK, SLEEP, DO and SHOP at each location we visit. To see extended interviews with the...
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Liberal health pledge cooks the books
The Liberal Party has artificially inflated its election health package by over $200 million by including Commonwealth funding in its totals –...
