Tasmanian Times
Society
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864eBay Founder Commits $250m to New Media Venture with Glenn Greenwald
More shocks for dead-tree media Pierre Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fuelled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the...
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The Fall Guy and the Bobbies
LONDON — A year ago today, Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative member of Britain’s governing coalition, resigned from the cabinet. Twelve months on,...
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This issue will not go away …
Lara Giddings today expressed disappointment at the narrow defeat of voluntary assisted dying legislation. Ms Giddings said while the private members bill...
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Release of ‘game-changing’ same-sex marriage legal opinion
Supporters of the Tasmanian Same-Sex Marriage Bill will today released a “game changing” legal opinion that backs the constitutionality of the Bill....
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Can Do Campbell establishes a New Order
Pic: How goldcoast.com.au reported it, here Cynic’s Corner: I expect chicanery, corruption, hypocrisy and lust for money and power. Rarely am I...
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Damning report on Tasmania’s bushfire crisis. The NSW horror …
An independent inquiry into Tasmania’s January bushfires has heavily criticised the emergency response to the devastating fires, saying lives were probably put...
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Snollygostering in Port Macquarie: The Numpty Abbott Entitlement. Randall’s ‘$5,259 trip’
“Look”, said Tony Abbott, “Port Macquarie was a marginal electorate”. The message was unambiguous. As the prospective Prime Minister he was entitled...
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GE-free status is the key to markets, Jan Davis
The Tasmanian and Australian Greens today called for the state’s moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) food crops to remain in place, saying...
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Tears on the handling of the Western Tiers …
So this is Taytitikitheeker, and I wish I could show you a better pic. It’s like when you want your place to...
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Tasmanian doctors support voluntary euthanasia laws. MPs lobbied
TASMANIAN doctors have come out in defence of new voluntary euthanasia laws. Australian Medical Association Tasmanian president John Davis has described the...
