Tasmanian Times
Society
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896Calling for help from a lawyer …
The legislation that determines pay rises for Tasmanian MPs has two sections that appear to contradict each other, leading to the situation...
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Tasmania’s Energy Crisis
High and Dry: Great Lake between western ‘shore’ and Reynolds Island FRIDAY, March 14 … • Guardian: Tasmanian power crisis reveals urgent...
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The Apple Cart
Oh Will Hodgman and his boys with their reckless aimless ploys, Are creating bigger hurdles in their quest to still inform us...
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Poisoning Forests as a Remedy for Drought …
The forests of ancient Gondwana, New Zealand (shared with Tasmania), have been suffering die back and hillsides collapsing in great slips which...
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A much more serious plague …
As I listened to Tim Minchin’s ‘paean’ ( HERE ) to Cardinal Pell, I was reminded of a scene of an alpha...
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Letters to my grandchildren (7)
Dear Chilliwops, Statistics show that women are under-represented in important positions in our society. There are far fewer women in Government leadership...
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Australia’s dingo: Not a wolf, not a dog but a distinct species, says study
Most people think of the dingo as some sort of wild dog. However, researchers led by the University of Sydney have finally...
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It’s not called ‘writing’ anymore, it’s ‘sentencing’
If ever there was a good example of how it is not teachers who are to blame for what is taught (or...
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Lapoinya: The Blog …
FRIDAY February 19 … • Letter from Lapoinya #7 Last Friday the 19th of February FLAG launched an exhibition at Artscape in...
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Launched! Wanted …
*Pic: Garry Stannus of Joan and Buck at Petrarch’s Bookshop, Launceston earlier this week … This is a fascinating work for which...
