Tasmanian Times
Society
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Ten reasons to avoid the mill
Bevilacqua: Three strikes on mill pollution Cameron Hindrum I am often heartened by the musings of noble and clever chaps such as...
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Dr Raverty’s poison antidote
Henry Melville By his actions and expressed intentions firstly in relation to undertaking this task and secondly the ethical approach he has...
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Mrs Mopp had it right
Bob Hawkins In polite company, we might resist a smug chuckle at seeing our national leader squirm. More likely , we might...
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The silencing of dissent
David Obendorf Wilkie is sceptical about the possibility of change. “One might hope the military and intelligence services will automatically de-politicise somewhat...
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Not so happy feet
Rodney Croome In short then, Penguin lies on the fault line in Tasmanian identity. Whenever the tectonic plates we call the old...
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Where do our opinions come from?
Chris Harries Re-defining Australia’s common values asks for a humble inquiry into what drives us as individuals. For instance, if, perchance, I...
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1.1KA view from the end of the world
Peter Boyer Volunter Presenter, Al Gore’s Climate Project Climate change became a crisis because what had seemed real — that we could...
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The Wooden Head Festival
W McKell The State Government’s inability to understand the basic economic concept of return on investment is one thing; however the sad...
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Universal amnesia
Bob Hawkins In the case of Hicks, even the impartial ABC has forgotten that, when Hicks was picked up somewhere on the...
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Peak oil and Tasmania
Jon Sumby Tasmania is an island. Nearly everything we use is imported — petrol, bread, cars. We rely on imports for consumer...
