Tasmanian Times
Society
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861Mr Kerr’s attack was cowardly, lazy, self–serving, specious and elitist
The rule of law requires equal treatment before the law, so that the law is not used to persecute and oppress one...
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Good riddance, John Gay
From my home on the east side of the Huon, I look across to a horizon of Hartz Mountains peaks. Between the...
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Legislate to keep the bastards honest
Friedrich Nietzsche said: “The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.” Discerning the visionaries in the current debate about truth...
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Ties, Hugs and Men
As an astute observer of human behaviour I have noted of late an emerging trend for men to hug each other upon...
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New Matilda, RIP
Here’s The Big Picture #82 with the week’s stories organised and linked as you like them and complete with the bad news...
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Life on the Edge
I bring you greetings from the worldwide web of independent media and thought … … and Wallace and Gromit (a reference to...
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Phasing out the live export of sheep
Tonight the City of Fremantle UNANIMOUSLY passed a motion to phase out the live export of sheep. Of the nearly 4 million...
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90 Scientists Urge Congress Not to ‘Cook the Books’ in CO2 Accounting for Biofuels, Other Bioenergy
PR Newswire WASHINGTON, May 24 Concerns Expressed About Treatment of Bioenergy Sources in U.S. House and Senate Climate/Energy Bills; Improper Accounting Could...
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Gaming a super resources tax
Is the Labor Party hypocritical in its application of its resources tax, in its original criticism of the GST as a tax...
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Henry cuts deep in mining critique
THE mining industry did not save Australia from recession as widely believed, according to the head of the Treasury. And any investors...
