Tasmanian Times
Society
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833West Papuans Call for a Vote on Self-determination
The West Papuan morning star flag, a symbol of resistance, once flew in the West Papuan sky, when 1970 was set as...
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Family says police failed to act on child sex report
A family member of the 12-year-old Tasmanian girl who was sold for sex claims the case was raised with police as early...
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Death of terror’s big fish leaves a sour taste
Yes, justice matters, and a decent society takes a quiet pride in the restitution of criminal wrongs. But is that really what...
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Job export plans abandoned
MERCURY staff are celebrating what they see as a huge victory in blocking plans to export sub-editing jobs offshore. Mercury editor Garry...
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Winners and Losers
Federal Hotels told a Public Accounts Committee in 2003 that its gaming monopoly would assist in underwriting “significant investment strategy in Tasmania”....
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A Night at the Burbury – Shaping Tasmania’s Future
I did not attend this forum – I think there was something more interesting on the telly – but I have watched...
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The dumbing down of democracy
Former finance minister Lindsay Tanner says the media has driven politicians away from serious debate and towards spin and gimmicks. LEIGH SALES:...
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8 hour blockade of Ta Ann logging ship. Two nights in remand. Released
“Six conservationists were arrested today at Hobart wharf, after halting loading of logging ship bound for Malaysia for 8 hours. The ship...
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The Prince’s Speech
Watch HERE
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Our planning system did strangle the canal estate at Ralphs Bay
Professor West is reported as having said at a forum at the University of Tasmania on the 27th of April 2011 that...
