Tasmanian Times
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743Tasmanian political leaders face off in televised debate
Tasmania’s next leader … ? The Tasmanian Premier has joined the Liberal Leader in urging Tasmanians to ignore the minor parties. Lara...
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Pulping State Politics … or Ducks on a String
In “A Wave of Unreason” ( Here ), I argued that neo-liberal politics are sweeping the Western world, Australia in particular, with...
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Howes set to profit from Gunns debt. Gay bid. Tailrace
MERRICK Howes’s purchase of the debt of bankrupt Tasmanian timber company Gunns may turn out to be one of New York-based Anchorage...
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Qantas union anxious about fallout for Tasmanian jobs
Hundreds of Tasmanian workers in a Qantas call centre are anxiously awaiting information about whether their jobs are safe. Qantas has confirmed...
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Asylum seeker attempts suicide after deportation notice
An Iranian asylum seeker who received a deportation notice is in hospital in Hobart after trying to kill himself. Lawyer Madeleine Ogilvie...
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Public forum finds unanimous support for development at The Springs
On Wednesday 26th Feb at 12:30pm, approximately 150 Hobart residents met at the Town Hall to discuss alternative developments to a cable...
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Cape Barren urgently needs law and order before someone gets killed
This image of Cape Barren was taken in 2006, showing bushfires. Michael Mansell fears a human conflagration … I am taking the...
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Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech
The full text of Greens Leader Nick McKim’s Tasmania Speech is now available for download from the Greens MPs’ website: here The...
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Liberals make key commitments but Greens and Labor streets ahead
A survey of key election issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Tasmanians shows the Liberal Party has made commitments...
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Liberals to give 4WDs open slather in Tarkine coast
The Tasmanian Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP today condemned the Liberal Party’s proposal to open up new areas of the...
