Tasmanian Times
Society
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2.1K‘Spirit of Tasmania owners sued over the deaths of 16 polo ponies amid claim they died on board’
The Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line is being sued for negligence over the death of 16 prized polo ponies that crossed Bass...
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Capitalist globalisation and nationalism: when race and the ethnicity of money debases debate
What does Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O’Connor and Australia First Party leader, Jim Saleam have in common? It’s a question that is...
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Is Low Police Numbers in Rural Tassie Areas The Norm?
Is it normal for police stations in rural areas in Tasmania to be under-manned at night? This is the question I asked...
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NATION: You’ve got to hand it to Morrison before he takes all credit for himself
*Pic, Kate Ausburn, Flickr: A prayer vigil at Scott Morrison’s office for the death of Reza Barati in 2014. The protesters were...
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Continuous land clearing …
*Pic: Goat carcasses at Mutawintji NP in NSW. Source: Mark Temby, Aug 2018 Continuous land clearing, overgrazing, recurring unnatural droughts and diverted...
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Of Envoy’s Past …
The word envoy appeals to me. Defined as a minister plenipotentiary ranking below ambassador and above charge d’affaires, the word came into...
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The bitter harvest for Federal Tasmanian Liberals continues, 2 years on: The Turnbull legacy
First published August 27 In 1986 when then Treasurer Paul Keating referred to Australia becoming a banana republic he was referring to...
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Launch: Among the Willows and Wild Things, TFWF Sept 15, 1.15pm
Among the Willows and Wild Things: The Fingal Valley Nature Diary of a Young Girl in the 1930s by Ann Page will...
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Murder by the Prosecution book launch
Please find attached your invitation for the book launch of Murder By The Prosecution by Former Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings at 11am...
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REVIEW: ‘Refining the definition of wilderness’ by Hawes, Dixon & Bell
The first sentence in this booklet states that, “There is at present no consensus on how wilderness should be defined”. This is...
