Tasmanian Times
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996Support for voluntary assisted dying law reform
Marshall Perron, the former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, has expressed his strong support for the voluntary assisted dying legislation introduced...
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No man is an island … except in Tasmania
“No man is an island entire of itself”, wrote John Donne, English writer, divine and MP in January 1624, in Meditation XVII....
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The Pearl of Para(lysis) has sailed
On September 3, the Pearl of Para first left Fremantle bound for Israel. Less than two days out, it broke down with...
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TASMANIA: Fox, FIFOs, Tarkine, NBN, Aurora, euthanasia, tourism …
Tasmania’s controversial Fox Eradication Program has again come under attack, with a Government-commissioned report calling for an overhaul. The independent review found...
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Peg Putt: We will not be gagged …
Pic*: Jenny Weber, left and Peg Putt during an earlier trip to Japan to inform markets of their positition. Markets For Change...
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Labour leaders neglect Aboriginal future as issue
Both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese have failed to show leadership on the future of Aboriginal people under their leading the ALP,...
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Dear Premier: I note that I have had no formal response to this letter
Now you see it, now you don’t … the sign in question Premier, On 12 November2012 I wrote an open letter to...
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Selfless victims of Nairobi madness
Pic: Ross Langdon and his partner Elif Yavuz. • The ABC news report of the Nairobi mall siege: Tributes flow for Tasmanian...
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Look Who’s Laughing. Flannery, Booth
*Pic: Photograph by Peter Essick from National Geographic’s coverage of the Canadian oil boom, here This short note is certainly no exegesis...
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Julian Burnside: Alienation to alien nation
I had a conversation with Tim Costello some years ago which significantly changed my way of seeing things. He told me of...
