Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.2KChronicle 67: Life at the Typeface
In a series of articles published by the Tasmanian Times over the years – the Chronicles – Donald Knowler has set out...
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The refugee crisis, captured in one staggering animated graphic
It can be difficult to fully comprehend the scope of the refugee crisis flaring up across Europe based on the numbers alone....
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Glenorchy City Council general manager’s salary surges
GLENORCHY City Council general manager Peter Brooks has had a boost in his total salary package of between $40,000 and $60,000. The...
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Well hello Mr Tassie!
Through many decades Tasmania has helped the development of Australia as a whole, yet it is also a fact that through those...
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Did Murdoch win?
our years ago Rupert Murdoch was on the brink. Now he’s resurgent. Martin Hickman, co-author of Dial M for Murdoch, asks whether...
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The Framing of Gender Apartheid: Amnesty International and Prostitution
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still,...
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The Oxymoron of Self-Publishing
Image from here When I first heard the phrase ‘self-publishing,’ I envisioned myself at a printing press: paperbacks flying across the garage...
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Celebrating the first day of the month
On the foreshore on the Tasman Pensinsula.
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Sweetbreads! A Tale of Protests, Polaroids and the Pill in 1960s Hobart
H.G.Wells was famous for his War of the Worlds but in later years he became notorious for his flamboyant sexual liaisons. In...
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Japan’s whaling gambit shows it’s time to strengthen the rule of science in law
Earlier this week it was revealed that Japan has prevented the International Court of Justice from hearing cases about its controversial whaling...
