Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.7K‘Richard Flanagan: ‘Our politics is a dreadful black comedy’ – press club speech in full’
*Pic: Richard Flanagan: ‘Since the marriage equality vote it’s clear that Australians are not the mean and pinched people we had been...
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‘Doctors alarmed by renewed Tarkine destruction … ‘
First published April 19 Tasmanian doctors have been alarmed to see escalated threats to biodiversity with renewed and seemingly accelerated destruction of...
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The Good Samaritan: Give Directly to Refugees
*Pic: Image from here First published April 18 Alain de Botton argues in his book ‘Religion for Atheists’ that religions still have...
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Alien Abduction …
First published April 19 Alien Abduction They stopped my car and took me up Inside their sphere of crystal glass They forced...
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‘Big-name chefs back seafood entrepreneur’
First published April 17 This is an immensely complex case. In the interests of transparency it is presented here, as Mark Eather...
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Overview of poll results by John Hewson
*Pic: Image from here Proposition: The recent US corporate tax cuts will have no impact on investments in and capital flows into...
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Has TasWater breached the Law by opening the Emergency Gate Valve?
*Pic: Undermining backwash turbulence at toe of dam wall created by gate valve being opened … On Friday 13th April 2018, TasWater...
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Tarkine old-timers … Gone are the days of abundance!
*Pic: A 4.5 kg freshwater Crayfish caught in the Flowerdale River around 1985. – Photo credit unknown Tayatea the world’s largest crayfish...
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Reviewed! A Tasmanian Requiem …
Bravo … bravo … bravissimo! A Tasmanian Requiem … is possibly the most significant piece of art to emerge from this island...
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‘New Minister = Peacemaker?’
*Pic: Marine Protection Tasmania’s pic of Okehampton Bay … Candidate for the Legislative Council seat of Prosser Jim Playsted has released correspondence...
