Tasmanian Times
Society
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791John Gay fronts court
The former chairman of the Tasmanian timber company Gunns has appeared in the Magistrates Court in Launceston on insider trading charges. John...
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How about it, guys?
Forestry chief Bob Gordon, left, and Minister Bryan Green Whether it’s this coupe BA388D, (Forestry Tasmania’s arrogant trashing of Aboroginal and settler...
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How Lennon, Rolley and Gordon flogged the softwood resource
I can still recall the bewielded looks on the faces of the Technical Foresters and our Field Supervisors when we had just...
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Health boss calls for legalised brothels
Tasmania’s Director of Public Health has spoken out against legislation banning brothels, arguing the state’s sex industry laws are failing. Dr Roscoe...
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Peck’s motion is ridiculous … and rejected
Dear Mayor and Aldermen, We believe Alderman Tony Peck’s motion to support the pulp mill exceeds his power and is outside councils...
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Democratic right to protest is not for sale
The Tasmanian Greens have called for a Tasmania Police proposal to charge protesters for costs to be rejected on the grounds that...
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The eye of the beholder
It is remarkable how differently people can interpret the same image. When Alan Duggan views Sam Rosewarne’s iconic photograph of the ‘conga...
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Health: Something has to give
The attached letter from the Federal Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, came in response to our statement, circulated earlier (links below). It...
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Oz writer wins on animal ethics
CHRISTINE Jackman, senior writer with The Weekend Australian Magazine, last night won the print category of this year’s Voiceless Media Prize. Jackman...
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A Response to Mr Ellis
Extract from the leading case of R v G, heard on appeal by the House of Lords, in which a 15 year...
