Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.3KThe culture of coziness
Michael Stokes University of Tasmania lecturer, Michael Stokes told the forum State Parliament is too small and dysfunctional to act as a...
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So it is now all OK to be gay?
Julian Punch MR Mr Punch challenged Mr Croome and Mr Power to move away from their narrow consultative base and get involved...
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Will the penny drop before it’s too late?
Dave Groves …the tune sung by industry is still the same. They sing of “jobs”, wealth for the masses, and community support....
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Pokies: Dear Jim Wilkinson
TODAY James Boyce Saturday, April 19 Community concern over this pokies contract has increased considerably since 2003 as the truth has slowly...
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Howard’s legacy … Rudd’s problem
Mike Bolan This expanding group of people is being driven into debt and poverty as a direct result of federal government wealth...
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How homophobic are we?
Rodney Croome In social terms, Tasmania’s embrace of her sons and daughters is as fierce as her rejection. Both are quite unpredictable,...
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Battle cry for our Tasmania
Richard Flanagan Mercury April 12 But the thuggery, the lies, the intimidation, the cronyism, are not just problems of public life. They...
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Fascism … and Tasmania
James Dryburgh What follows is some theory on what traits commonly define fascism. It may be worth keeping in mind the past...
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Gay entrepreneur quits
Julian Punch MR Stephen Roach’s selling of his enterprises and departure from Penguin will send shock waves up the east coast of...
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Tasmanian neo-liberalism – A new vision for terra nullius
Peter Henning It is a process, as Australia’s pre-eminent human rights lawyer, Julian Burnside, has said, which enables language “to smuggle uncomfortable...
