Tasmanian Times
Society
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825Nauru guards were spying on Sarah Hanson-Young, Senate inquiry told
Subcontractor claims surveillance team followed Greens senator around island and called her ‘The Raven’. But Tony Abbott says she was being ‘looked...
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The questions around the NBN rollout
Last week, the NBN rollout in Tassie was thrown into chaos when one of the major subcontractors carrying out the work (a...
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Australia has forfeited world leadership on climate policy, says Kofi Annan panel
Canberra has withdrawn from constructive engagement on the issue, says report, as Australia is grilled at crucial meeting in Germany Australia has...
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The Lord Howe Island Rat Eradication Programme
Australians to be Guinea Pigs for a Kiwi Folly Lord Howe Island is a small and isolated volcanic remnant about 600 kilometres...
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The liquidation of Nature
*Pics: Biomass furnaces … The liquidation of nature in Tasmania’s forests would be a serious and inevitable consequence of biomass burning the...
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FIFA and Blatter: how money and sport are joined at the hip
Sepp Blatter … The nail-biting penalty shoot out that has been taking place in FIFA during the past week has been fully...
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Advocates to pursue legal challenge against anti-bias exemption
Image from former Senator Brian Greig’s article on TT here: Tasmania introduces “religious freedom” legislation, just days after Indiana scraps it Exemption...
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No ticker in Heart of the Huon for LG reality
*Pic: Mock-up image of Huon Valley Council’s $50,000 branding project. Nice logo, but what do the words mean? Huon Valley Guessing Games...
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NATION: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers …
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers, But Were Too Afraid To Ask Ever wondered why the...
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STATE: The mean little god of small government
If there is a theme in this year’s state budget, it is in the continuing sacrifice of essential services to the god...
