Tasmanian Times
Society
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Sea of Desperation
WAYNE CRAWFORD “What is it about Australia that you think it appropriate to send a death threat to someone who’s doing something...
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Impoverished investors
MIKE BOLAN This week’s Issue shows how government has impoverished tens of thousands of small time investors, looks at positive approaches to...
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Frankentrees
CATHRAN Dangerous Genetically Engineered (GE) Eucalyptus Trees on Fast-Track to Large-Scale Release in the U.S.In an unprecedented move toward commercial large-scale release...
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Between the Lines
THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE Welcome to the twelfth edition of The Australia Institute’s e-bulletin Between the Lines, a selective analysis of the policies...
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I’m angry: Try using Metro Sturgo
BEVERLEY BRILL If you had told me I was going to do my block about changes to the Metro timetable, I would...
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Playing politics under darkening skies
PETER BOYER, This article is based on Peter Boyer’s “Climate Challenge” column, published in the Mercury on Tuesday, June 9 and viewable...
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A noble heart … but no Nobel Prize
A READER The world has strange priorities, and this little lady missed out! The prize doesn’t always go to the most deserving!...
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Tobacco-Free Coverage for Australian Honoree
BOB BURTON Center for Media and Democracy Should someone who worked for one the world’s biggest tobacco companies be celebrated as a...
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The Chasers War on Sentimentality
MARGOT GIBLIN Autumn leaves and daffodils for the Port Arthur massacre. Pink everything for breast cancer. These are inducements to think about...
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A society that nobody wants
BRENDA ROSSER A few years prior to this event the US State Department had opposed Dr Cairns’ application for an entry visa...
