Tasmanian Times
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875The Reluctant Candidates
Just how committed to transparency and accountability are Tasmanian local government candidates? This is a question many voters must be asking themselves...
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Bill Wentworth meets Pavarotti
Background. The revelation by Bill Wentworth (1907-2003) at the end of this sketch – that Pig Iron Bob’s Cabinet were drunk at...
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Tas Libs slammed over ‘shameful’ vote against marriage equality
Marriage equality advocates have described the Tasmanian Liberal Council’s support for a motion excluding same-sex couples from marriage as a shameful step...
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Vandalism!
Dear Editor, I have had significant damage to a large number of my signs. People have a democratic right to express their...
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And this is only Stage One …
Well, dear folks, here it finally is: Stage One of the Battery Point walkway, or should I say, segregated pedestrian and cyclists...
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Malala’s unlikely journey to the Nobel Peace Prize
The Pakistani girl once shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education just like the boys celebrated being the joint...
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Triabunna Intrigue
This article was written in response to Michael Kent’s nomination to stand for Mayor of the Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality (centred around...
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The Probe Part 2: The Memorandum of Understanding
Chipper, sawmill or Ta Ann … ? Whopper logs snapped near Brighton yesterday. Forestry Tasmania, Ta Ann & Newood and a Freedom...
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STATE: Insanity … !
Chip pile … or something like this: the Supertree garden in Singapore that I admire … Insanity : doing the same thing...
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NATION: Trust in federal government down …
A survey has found that Australians’ trust in federal government has slumped and it is now the least-trusted tier of power. Federal...
