Tasmanian Times
Society
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1.0K‘Wilkie takes on poker machine lies in Parliament’
First published Feb 7 The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, above, gave the following speech in the Parliament today … Deputy...
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Hospital emergency crisis revealed in leaked document
First published Feb 6 Patients spending more than 24 hours in the Royal Hobart Hospital’s emergency department have more than doubled in...
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No risk: The family who own Tasmania’s gambling industry …
*Pic: From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by nature very hands-on – activity done translates into learning...
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Hedges in the Tasmanian Landscape
Visitors and guests in our accommodation regularly say to us, ‘Tasmania is a lot like England!‘ In reality the only similarities are...
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Corruption that kills
*Pic: Flickr, David Blackwell: ‘Walking home one evening in 2074 Paul wondered about the scientific breakthrough reversing the effects of climate change...
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A Tasmanian Christmas Story … A history leading to pokies
*’Toon: 2008. Jon Kudelka said it was originally a large acrylic for an exhibition. Kudelka, https://www.kudelka.com.au/ used with permission First published February...
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The Marlboro ‘Digital Nicotine Robot’
Following on from their inventions of “flavour capsules” in filters to provide faster addiction for new smokers, such as children adolescents and...
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The death of reading is threatening the soul
*Pic: Poppet with a camera, Flickr I am going through a personal crisis. I used to love reading. I am writing this...
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Colleges. What is going on … ?
A national and state overview. Third in a three-part series Colleges were established because Tasmanian educators wanted year 11/12 students to be...
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‘Southwood, Mr Neville Smith misleading public on their proposed woodchip export facility in Dover’
*Pic: A developer’s image of a similar facility This press release (Jan 18) is issued on behalf of concerned residents following the...
