Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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965NATION: There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces a monthly set of unemployment figures based on an internationally sanctioned definition of unemployment. To...
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Peter Brohier’s rebuttal …
*Pic: ABC’s pic of the Spirits … Politas – Can we hit the Brohier mute button? It has recently come to Peter...
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eBay / Myer’s new virtual reality shopping store ignores possible eye damage to the user
An article in a recent Mercury (page 50, 20 May) “Myer and eBay launch virtual shopping” announced the launch of a virtual...
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Peter Gutwein’s 2016-17 Budget Speech
Madam Speaker, This is the third Budget I have handed down as Treasurer, and I can confidently say that under the Hodgman...
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A horror budget for patients
Deep, deep behind the back-on-track guff, the state government has hidden the details of its ongoing evisceration of public hospitals. You will...
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Paul Mason warns political journalists: ‘You have no real idea what is going on’
Ex-Channel 4 News economics editor tells International Journalism Festival ( ) that making a film about Greece gave him new insight into...
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More young Tasmanians take up smoking
New figures showing an unexpected increase in smoking among young Tasmanians will put pressure on the state government to move forward with...
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Tania Rattray Supports the Real-Time Reporting of Drinking Water Data
On Saturday Tania Rattray defeated three candidates to extend her twelve-year reign as the member for Apsley in the Legislative Council. Tania...
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Meet the survivalists hoarding bee pollen and preparing for apocalypse
Have you ever considered doomsday? Or what it might look like? Even if you have, there’s a small but committed community that’s...
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Ocean farmers are using technology to start an economic revolution and save humanity
I’m a fisherman who dropped out of high school in 1986 at the age of 14. Over my lifetime, I’ve spent many...
