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1.1KHonouring remembrance
In his Mercury My Tasmania column, Leo Schofield touched on an important point – the memorials to our soldiers killed in World...
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How to watch the International Space Station fly over Tasmania …
The International Space Station passes Tasmania more times than people realize. It will be visible again on Monday evening from 5.54pm until...
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Media: The Way We Were …
In 1966-7 my Dad got a job as a young reporter for the Daily Mail’s Manchester office, just as it was made...
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Carbon Tax – All bets are off
*Pic: Dynamic duo … The unlikely pairing of Clive Palmer and Al Gore … Who would have thought that the buffoon-acting billionaire...
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‘Praise for Thorpe coming out’
*Pic: Here Thorpe’s struggle highlights need for marriage equality “Nothing has changed about Ian Thorpe. He is still a great Olympian and...
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NATION: In limbo on the High Seas. Piracy? says Burnside. Coalition stalled. Tax repeal stalls
More than 150 asylum seekers, including about 40 children, face living in limbo on the high seas in an Australian customs vessel...
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Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete
*Pic: Lagging … Chart showing comparitive use of solar Behind the times … As Tasmania’s ‘Unfair’ Economic Regulator forces the Feed In...
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The night I met Jimbo, Donzo fell UP the stairs …
I first met this fine young man during a brief social encounter in the Lark Distillery sometime last decade. I remember it...
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Hemp’s hamstrung potential
There has been a great deal of discussion over the past couple of weeks about whether Tasmania should move to trial the...
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Massive loss to Tasmania when the Carbon Tax is repealed
The repeal of the Carbon Tax is the politically expedient political mantra of the Liberal Party as headed by Prime Minister Tony...
