Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.9KRise and Fall of Gunns: The Grand Folly …
The rise and fall of Gunns A tale that needed telling. Those are the words of Geoffrey Cousins referring to Quentin Beresford’s...
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Abbott dealt out of the game
Tony Abbott was on ABC radio only yesterday claiming that he will still be PM of Australia next Tuesday 10 February. It...
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Tasmania ditches defamation law changes after public backlash
*Pic: Matt Newton • Richard Griggs, Tasmanian Director of Civil Liberties Australia: Civil Liberties Australia (Tasmania) has welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s decision...
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Freed Greste won’t be silent on jailed colleagues
*Pic: The way he was … Peter Greste, centre, in prison, with colleagues … Larnaca, Cyprus: Peter Greste looks out across the...
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Tony Abbott is ‘a very good captain …’
Tony Abbott is ‘a very good captain’ of a talented team. That was the message the PM gave ambulance-chasing reporters who came...
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At All Costs: The Dark Psychology Of Abbott Government Climate Policy
In a fitting irony, Tony Abbott is beginning 2015 amid a rapidly changing political climate. Dr Lissa Johnson explores the pyschology behind...
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Social and Economic Impact Study Report, The Federal Group
Download: http://cdn-src.tasmaniantimes.com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/HANNA%20-%20FEDERAL%20REPORT%20TO%20PROD.%20COMM.%20-%20MAY,%202014.pdf • Greg James, in Comments: This is a report that is misnamed. There is very little evidence provided and what...
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Abbott at the Press Club: A tin-pot General of open-market ideology …
Over the summer, I’ve been talking to hundreds of Australians from all walks of life – in the street, on the beach,...
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Fullers, Tailrace: The Rise and Fall of Gunns. Gunns sues state for half-a-mill
A reminder about the launches of WA academic, and former Tasmanian, Quentin Beresford’s book, The Rise and Fall of Gunns, which kick...
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Liberals’ Energy Policy Vacuum Risks Sector ‘Death Spiral’
The Liberal government’s energy policy vacuum risks locking in a sector ‘death spiral’ where increasing power and transmission costs are carried by...
