Tasmanian Times
Society
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975Agricultural land: The future hot property
Australia’s sweeping plains are being overrun by rural raiders from overseas. Leonie Lamont and Paddy Manning explain how the humble back block...
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863
Tasmanian budget cuts – opportunity rather than crisis for our health system?
The recent Tasmanian budget has confirmed the old saying that when the tide goes out you get to see who’s been swimming...
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829
Big Rod and Julia’s bribe
My magnificent young rooster, Big Rod, was anything but the other morning. The evening before, he had flown up into a tree...
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700
Geoff’s Best Reads
Every fortnight on Tasmanian Times, widely-read Geoff Dickinson chooses Six of the past fortnight’s Best Reads. The Population Debate After the Population...
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842
‘Eco-pirate’ Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat
Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages “Eco-pirate” Paul Watson is losing a...
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755
Shiny arses and dirty fingernails
When life is analysed it comes down to a mix of people and their actions. The dirty fingernails are the people that...
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862
Pulp mill Bass Strait effluent
With regards to Gunns pulp mill effluent being discharged into Bass Strait, Dr. Paul Sandery warns Bass Strait flushes poorly. A Google...
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Three quarters of Australians back mandatory limits on poker machines
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed another in a long line of national polls showing overwhelming support for poker...
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871
ACT Labor endorses full marriage equality
ACT LABOR ENDORSES FULL MARRIAGE EQUALITY / CIVIL UNIONS REJECTED The ACT Labor Party Conference has passed a motion of support for...
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Framing The Narrative: Murdoch v. Assange
I should be doing something else right now. As my wife frequently reminds me, I don’t get paid to write about WikiLeaks....
