Tasmanian Times
Society
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984Dear Brett Whiteley …
Dear Brett Whiteley, After your last community tea at Stowport you said I had been uncharacteristically quiet. As you might have noticed...
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A simple yes or no will suffice
Senator Eric Abetz has been granted Leave of Absence from Parliament by the Prime Minister – this poses the question as to...
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How I Didn’t Become A Victim To Bullying: Caroline Dean, TEDxQueenstown
Published on 15 May 2015 Caroline’s story is quite a shock. Her experience is deep and traumatic from time working inside the...
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Keep Our Rail lines Tasmania (KORT): The North-East multi-use trail
Keep Our Rail lines Tasmania (KORT) is a group dedicated to keeping existing unused railway lines for tourism, preservation and potential future...
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There was so much smoke it was hard to pinpoint where the burns were …
Near Grindelwald, Tamar Valley, 2009 … and the smoke blankets all … Back in 2008/09 Tasmania was blanketed with shocking planned burn...
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Australian Possums in Kiwi Blunderland
Predators like the he native falcon are very vulnerable to 1080 poison Tourists are greeted by the “skull and crossbones” signs everywhere...
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The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned — and all through this long century of waging war on...
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EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal
As negotiations for Australia to conclude the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) enthusiastically pushed by Trade Minister Andrew Robb it is revealed …...
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The world is waking up to the $5.3 trillion cost of fossil fuels
Prospects for global energy markets have been reshaped by two recent pieces of news, one of which helps to explain the other....
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The day Letterman said ‘no’ to Rupert Murdoch
Image here US talk show host retires after 33 years – but would he have had the same long and illustrious career...
