Tasmanian Times
Society
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690Nick McKim: The volatility of political opinion polls
The Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim MP today said the latest voting intentions survey by EMRS (Liberals up, Greens down in latest...
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Another sad, disgraceful chapter of the endemic animal abuse
Today, the Mercury revealed the battle it was forced to undertake to obtain photographs and video footage of animal ‘researchers’ spraying ‘super-strength’...
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Liberal Party backflips on $1 pokie bet limit
Image: CurtisLeMaysNose The Tasmanian Greens today condemned the Liberal Party for its backflip on a $1 bet limit on poker machines, following...
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Lara’s Gambit
Image of Premier Giddings: J Tarkine Falls picture by Nicole Anderson Politicians love issues. Ordinary people like me want a quiet life,...
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Asylum Seekers: Pontville decision welcomed
The reopening of the Pontville Processing Centre is a positive move for the rights of asylum seekers and for local jobs in...
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Country sawmills go without while whole logs go to waste on Burnie wharf
Photograph taken on Burnie wharf, November 2012: Logs destroyed from sitting around with nowhere to go Photograph taken on Burnie wharf, November...
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Sarawak NGOs aim to ‘pressure’ Aussie govt
Several Sarawak NGOs are collectively seeking to rope in their counterparts in Tasmania to help fight against the construction of more dams...
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Margiris/Abel Tasman: Minister Burke must implement promised two-year ban … and he has!
The Tasmanian Greens today joined with Tasmanian fisherman to call on the Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, to keep his commitment to...
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Unmourned death of a sole survivor
In late August 2009 a tiny, solitary bat fluttered about in the rainforest near Australia’s infamous Christmas Island detention camp. We don’t...
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World Bank’s devastating climate science warning should be stop sign for coal and gas dash
A new report for the World Bank by leading climate scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, concluding that the...
