Tasmanian Times
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723Tasmania’s environmental laws leave plenty of room for improvement
A new EDO Tasmania report, Lifting the Standards: Opportunities to Improve Tasmania’s Environmental Laws, finds that Tasmania’s laws do not meet national...
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STATE: Dark Mofo artist Leon Ewing suggests high school students use drugs to expand creativity
High school students should be given drugs to fuel their creativity, an artist appearing at Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival says. Leon Ewing,...
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Off-road motorists’ continued use of Tarkine tracks makes farce of ban
*Pic: Ted Mead’s picture of Ordinance Point’s grand Aboriginal midden … Despite Parks and Wildlife installation of coastal fencing, many vehicles pushed...
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NATION: RET a shocking betrayal by the old parties …
• Independent Member for Denison Andrew Wilkie: The deal announced today to lower the Renewable Energy Target from 41,000 gigawatt hours to...
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Astor Grill, 6pm, Friday June 12: Dr Richard Denniss, Australia Institute
*Pic: of Dr Richard Denniss. New Daily Image, HERE “Any economist could tell you, a two-course meal at the Astor with selected...
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Meet The Tasmanian Comic Book Artist Taking The United States By Storm From His Bedroom
In a nondescript building on the outskirts of Washington DC a man stands nervously on a low stage, illuminated by intermittent camera...
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STATE: John West would turn in his grave …
The Sunday Examiner (17th May) published a Hate Letter (above) aimed at former Australian Greens leader Senator Christine Milne and written by...
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Tassie couple’s NZ ceremony fulfills their dream to marry …
Aroha. (Maori) 1. (verb) to love, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise. 2. (noun) affection, sympathy, charity, compassion, love, empathy. “We want...
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Federal Treasurer needs to explain ice comments
Shadow Health Minister Rebecca White today called on Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey to explain his comments about ice abuse in Tasmania. The...
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NATION: Personal choice and economic reality; Paid Parental Leave
Paid parental leave is contentious. Parents get fiercely protective over their right to reproduce. Non-parents get angry about subsidising ‘personal choices’. Politicians...
