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2.0KFormer jail boss speaks out on Tasmania’s ‘laughing stock’ prison
A FORMER prison chief Barry Greenberry fears for the security of weapons held in Hobart’s Risdon Prison after two men smashed into...
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Beyond zero emissions …
Beyond Zero Emissions is developing a detailed, costed blueprint for the transition to a completely decarbonised Australian economy within a decade. The...
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Libs’ insane pulp mill proposal
The Tasmanian Greens today condemned the latest Liberal Party proposal to “de-risk” the failed Tamar Valley Pulp Mill project using taxpayers’ money....
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Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell granted bail in Russia
Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell, who was among 30 people arrested over a protest against Arctic oil drilling, has been granted bail...
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A Very Deliberate Destruction
Satirical Picture: of Tony Abbott, … as Labor storms to poll lead over Coalition, SMH here A friend who is a wildlife...
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Some Things I Need to Know Before the Election (in no special order)
• Tasmanian Times is writing to the leader of each of our three major political parties asking them a list of pertinent...
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Happy Jan gets an outing …
Regular readers will know that I have an obsession with the increasing reach of the regulatory bureaucracy in this state. Calm down...
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Dealing with Korda Mentha …
To The Editor of Tasmanian Times. I have been in constant contact with Korda Mentha – the Receiver/Managers of Gunns Ltd bankrupt...
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Walkley Awards: Joanne McCarthy wins gold
The newspaper reporter whose stories on child sex abuse in the Catholic Church prompted a royal commission has won Australia’s highest journalism...
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Scientists speak out against GM foods
In late October, as Tasmania began reviewing its ban on genetically modified (GM) food crops, a group of 97 scientists signed a...
