Tasmanian Times
Society
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786Julia Gillard battling flood levy backlash
JULIA Gillard is fighting to contain a growing public and political backlash against her $5.6 billion flood reconstruction package, as community goodwill...
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Phone hacking scandal shakes UK Govt
What started as a small scale phone hacking scandal at one of Britain’s tabloids has erupted – involving royals, celebrities and politicians....
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Will West Papuans now get to vote on their Freedom?
The south of Sudan has just been allowed a vote on self-determination and 99 percent of those voting chose independence. The President...
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The politics of family
Being the wife of a federal politician, with two young children, I am in a good position to reflect on the decision...
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Change the Flag!
IN AN unprecedented show of strength and purpose, more than a dozen Australians of the Year dating back to the 1960s have...
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Mona, masterpiece
Oh, My, God! Perhaps, in this wondrous encounter with the Walsh World, this is the most common expletive. But I guess you...
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Brutal and bruising rodeo blues
Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania were on display showing some of the bruises that can be expected during this cruel event. “Rodeos are...
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The Birth of Greenleaks
Information has major environmental impact, says Australian founder Berlin, 24 January, 2011 – One of the first in a wave of second-generation...
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Proud Schools’ Show The Way – Outright Youth Submission
In Tasmania as in the rest of Australia bullying of ‘gay’ students is leading to significantly higher incidence of self harm and...
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A Green religious diatribe
With his call for Queensland coal miners to be held responsible for the state’s floods, Greens leader Bob Brown has completed his...
