Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.7KFeminists please don’t shut up …
*Pic: Josie Young and son Mandela. It’s Mandela’s first day of Prep, 2014 There are those who say that feminism has gone...
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They are failing us miserably …
Last Friday I had the privilege of watching children from northern Tasmania’s public schools play at the annual Esk Band Extravaganza, and...
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Crikey says: Abbott’s ABC pledge must be taken in context
Defending the Abbott government’s decision to cut more than $300 million from the public broadcaster budgets yesterday, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said...
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The Moral Irrelevance of Christian Doctrine …
It’s all his fault … Constantine the Great: All about Constantine and Christianity, here. … How – exactly – is anything better...
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Afghanistan: ‘A Shocking Indictment’
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal Metropolitan, 304 pp., $27.00...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (39)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Flight MH370: Emirates chief Sir Tim Clark believes information is being concealed
The head of the world’s largest international airline believes information about missing flight MH370 is being concealed, calling into question who was...
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Support Séralini Team for New GMO & Pesticide Risk Research
Your health is at stake ! Donate €5 or more towards the €50 000 project for independent research Gilles-Eric Séralini, professor of...
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St Andrews – Home of “Golfe”
Background: This was a background piece for the 1984 British Open. Ian Baker-Finch, 23, was a tall, nice lad from Nambour, Queensland,...
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Iceland shows that a UK constitutional convention should involve politicians as little as possible
The people of Iceland drafted a new constitution. But their parliament has essentially ignored it. After the financial crash of 2008, Iceland’s...
