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830Booth fronts privileges committee over these explosive revelations
Tues, July 5: ABC Online: Greens MP to front the privileges committee: The Tasmanian Parliament’s powerful Privileges Committee has been asked to...
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The buck stops here – Part Two: The Chronicles of Despair
In my absence, I kept up with the local political scene largely through electronic media, The Mercury and Tasmanian Times. It wasn’t...
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Broken Forestry model. Christine Milne’s Senate serve
AUDITOR GENERALS REPORT POINTS TO A BROKEN FORESTRY MODEL Transparency on Triabunna woodchip deal needed The Auditor Generals report into Forestry Tasmanias...
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Another Digger dies
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has paid tribute to an experienced commando who died from a gunshot wound in southern Afghanistan. Sergeant Todd...
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Tasmania: 20 years behind, even Queensland.
Three years ago, in the midst of a Tasmanian cold snap, I headed for a few days on Fraser Island, north of...
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Well Done Tasmanian Communities
What a great result for community action, in yesterday’s reversal by the Governent and Minister of Education Nick McKim. And an affirmation...
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Dear Nick. Booth’s no-confidence threat. The responses to ‘Dear Nick’
Dear Nick, As long-time supporters of The Greens, and as people who have very much appreciated the support of The Greens during...
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Freedom to marry essay dubbed ‘debate-shifting’
In what has been described as a debate-shifting essay, marriage equality advocate, Rodney Croome, has firmly placed the issue of marriage equality...
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Follow your heart and shut down this cruel trade
Mr Speaker five weeks ago tonight ABC Four Corners exposed the shocking cruelty routinely meted out to Australian livestock in Indonesia. The...
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Schools saved. I got it wrong, says Nick McKim, but I listened
Tasmania’s Education Minister Nick McKim has just announced he is no longer closing any schools. Cabinet made the decision today. Mr McKim...
