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865Labor, Libs say setting Afghanistan withdrawal debate ‘not urgent’
In a remarkable Senate vote, the Government and the Opposition have voted down a Greens motion: That, in the opinion of the...
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Cassy O’Connor: A view from inside and outside the tent, so to speak …
There are times when something you read or hear provokes a near visceral response, a heat swell in the chest that needs...
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Amalgamations: Fools Gold
Alderman Philip Cocker today called on the Hobart Chamber of Commerce to stop promoting the illusion of rivers of money if council...
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New Alliance calls for World’s Largest Marine Reserves around Antarctica
All pics: John Weller: http://www.johnbweller.com/ HOBART, 31 October 2011 – A new coalition of environmental and conservation groups, the Antarctic Ocean Alliance...
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The lie at the heart of the opposition to stunning …
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will introduce a Private Member’s Bill to legislate animal welfare standards in the live export...
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Ignoring gen Y while the world sleepwalks to catastrophe
Fiona Heinrichs, who studies business administration at Macquarie University in Sydney, feels that her generation is largely ignored and not given a...
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Professor Stewart didn’t get much right
“There is a strong push to stop all logging of native forests, but is this really justified from the point of view...
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Qantas flies again
Qantas planes are set to return to the skies on Monday after Fair Work Australia ordered an end to the bitter industrial...
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Glaciers in Southwest China Feel the Brunt of Climate Change
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2011) — Significant increases in annual temperatures are having a devastating affect on glaciers in the mountainous regions of...
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Another three Diggers die
An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead three Australian soldiers and wounded seven others in Afghanistan. An Afghan interpreter...
