Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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1.2KDrug Running, Executions and The Whole Damned Thing
*Pic: Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, Allah by Adam Kliczek, http://zatrzymujeczas.pl (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Over the last few months, we have witnessed an almost unprecedented campaign...
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Whatever happened to Murray Kellam and Tassie’s toothless tiger?
Who has taken the position of Commissioner since Murray Kellam left without any fanfare from [i]Tassie’s toothless tiger[/i] better known as the...
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Tasmanian Authors: The Real Gems of Australia
Prior to departing on a trip home to Australia to visit family, I fell into the web (or should I say tapestry),...
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Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse
Image from Deviant Art, here The naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, is a form of...
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Australia must change the way it generates wealth
*Pic: Image from here Australia’s future prosperity is at stake as old ways of generating wealth continue to stall. In a resource-constrained...
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Two of Us: A beautiful love story …
*Pic: Janie Barratt’s brilliant picture … capturing … a love affair … Evan Whitton, 87, is journalistic royalty. A five-time Walkley Award...
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The philosophy of giving
Toby Ord is an Australian-born philosopher at Oxford University who as a student, worked out he could give away two-thirds of his...
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The opportunity for remote Tassie to shine a few productive bright lights
Biochar can be made at every place in the world, use a shovel a make a hole in the ground (120 cm...
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I am somewhat obsessed with pigeons …
I have to confess I am somewhat obsessed with pigeons … white fantail pigeons in particular. It started about 30 years ago...
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Budget drives Sydney pensioner to spend $25,000 on Alaskan holiday
To save $4000 a year in pension payments, Sydney housewife Noelene this week withdrew $25,000 from her superannuation savings and bought a...
