Tasmanian Times
Society
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790Trolling and bullying.
Lately there’s been a lot of discussion about internet trolls. You know those folk who elect to post poisonous comments about others...
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Tomorrow and the day after
They stare straight ahead, and stride past other pedestrians without seeing them: ignoring the gawking strolling tourists with their cameras and bum-bags....
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The Bounder, Thomas
Thomas Davey Thomas Davey, Second Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, was a bounder. As a young officer in the Marine Corps...
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Earth rising
Earth rising image taken by Apollo 8 astronauts on 24 December 1968 When the Apollo astronauts flew to the Moon in 1968,...
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$40 million to be wasted on another health review instead of surgery and nurses
Libs respond to Martyn Goddard’s TT article, That’s the way the money goes! The federal health bailout and its priorities State Health...
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Legislative Council holds Tasmania back. SA seizes the day
The Tasmanian Greens said that the Legislative Council had held Tasmania back and condemned itself to the wrong side of history by...
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RSPCA in internal row crisis
Image here Once again, the Tasmanian branch of the RSPCA is in turmoil, the Hobart Mercury reported today (28.09.2012 here), having stood...
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The inaugural Bob Brown Foundation Environmentalist of the Year Jenny Webber
Picture: Matt Newton: http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/ The Bob Brown Environmentalist of the Year ENVIRONMENT PRIZE WINNERS The Bob Brown Foundation today announced that its...
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The Silence of the Lambs
The sheep in Pakistan. Image: Animals Australia here Early in August, the Wellards ship Ocean Drover left Fremantle on a multi-port destination...
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Wasting Macquarie Harbour
FERRY EFFLUENT TREATMENT MUST BE AT OPERATOR’S EXPENSE Paul O’Halloran MP Greens Member for Braddon Friday, 28 September 2012 The Tasmanian Greens...
