Tasmanian Times
Society
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Before the G20 meets …
We, the People THE global economic crisis is worsening, leaders are meeting at the G20 London Summit to decide what to do...
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A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
If you think preventing climate change is politically difficult, look at the political problems of adapting to it… George Monbiot. Published in...
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America Is in Need of a Moral Bailout
Chris Hedges We live in an age of moral nihilism. We have trashed our universities, turning them into vocational factories that produce...
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A global ‘national security’ issue lurks at Bangladesh’s border
Lisa Friedman ClimateWire Published: March 23, 2009 BHOMRA, Bangladesh — A high, heavily reinforced barbed wire fence cuts a jagged line through...
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Entitlements for same sex couples
Julian Punch THE Federal Government has moved to eliminate discrimination from Commonwealth laws, bringing entitlements for same sex couples into line with...
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British American Tobacco secretly invades Tasmania using a “front” organisation.
Kathy Barnsley THE Butt Littering Trust has arrived in Tasmania, courtesy of several southern councils. According to page 26 of The Mercury...
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Carbon Sinks Losing The Battle With Rising Emissions
via Jon Sumby ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2009) — The stabilising influence that land and ocean carbon sinks have on rising carbon emissions...
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Pokies: where’s the detail?
Will Hodgman The Government’s belated action to address some of the issues surrounding problem gambling is welcome, but more details on how...
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Labour, Labor’s rigid tribalism
Polly Toynbee Guardian Nose pegs aren’t enough. We will need smelling salts, too. As voter despair deepens, Labour needs to ditch its...
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New World in the Morning?
Nostradamus However, I am interested in the notion of community and remain extremely impressed by the way Tasmanians rallied to help the...
