Opinion

In Black and White with Martin Stevenson

Bringing power to the people, by the people

Posted: 24 May 12 | IS THE day so far off when every Tasmanian household is responsible for generating its own electricity? |

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Worshippers beyond belief to atheists

Posted: 10 May 12 | Now it came to pass that a group of Tasmanian non-God botherers did journey to Melbourne there to gather with like-minded brethren at the Global Atheist Convention. |

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Debate over climate change cooling off

Posted: 03 May 12 | MAY we confirm for you that eco-fatigue has truly set in? |

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Farewell to Bob, our voice in the wilderness

Posted: 26 Apr 12 | SO FAREWELL then, Bob Brown, you certainly raised our awareness on the need to preserve Tasmania's trees and nature in general. |

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We need to keep our finger on health's pulse

Posted: 19 Apr 12 | A heart attack on a storm-tossed Sunday night at Strahan has made your columnist appreciate what a sleek and beautifully efficient machine is Tasmania's health service. |

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So we are all agreed, the state is stuffed

Posted: 12 Apr 12 | PARDON US for saying so, but has the gentle reader also noted the curious air of cheerful pessimism radiated by your fellow Tasmanians? |

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Monorail could get state back on track

Posted: 06 Apr 12 | PSSST! Scuse me, guv, wanna buy a preloved monorail? Granted, got me there, bit worn out and rusty in places, but going cheap, not many clicks on the clock. |

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Newspapers a font of much information

Posted: 22 Mar 12 | GERMAINE Greer doesn't like newspapers. |

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Vicmania will save crazy lot of money

Posted: 15 Mar 12 | SHINY BUMMED Tasmanian pen pushers have everything to gain from a mega-state. |

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Kevin and I keep our argument running hot

Posted: 01 Mar 12 | KEVIN and me are like that. Um, no, not that Kevin (and, by the way, wasn't it a real shame PMII was out of the Ruddster's grasp?) |

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Cool it on the global warming warnings

Posted: 23 Feb 12 | TIM, mate, just a quiet word in your shell-like. Could you turn down the wick on your predictions, especially the accuracy factor? |

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Saucy possibilities from war of words

Posted: 17 Feb 12 | YOU would possibly be aware that some folk are wetting their pants with excitement at the idea of Kevin Rudd grasping the prime ministerial reins the second time around. |

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Taste cost leaves Hobartians sour

Posted: 09 Feb 12 | A GOURMET is just a glutton with brains. |

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Bans mean no fun down under the sun

Posted: 26 Jan 12 | Australia's sons let us rejoice. Oops, that's how we once warbled our national anthem's first line before the sisterhood got all uppity and it was changed to ''Australians ALL''. |

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Council meetings a long, drawn-out tale

Posted: 19 Jan 12 | The Flinders Council's deliberations today on the best way to exclude wallabies from Whitemark cemetery is unlikely to be a barrel of laughs even if the venue should make it so. |

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Politicians' fates lying in the stars

Posted: 12 Jan 12 | Depending on your view of future forecasting, there may be splendid news on the way for Education Minister - and Greens leader - Nick McKim and especially country parents fighting to keep their schools alive. |

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Believers push so we get the message

Posted: 05 Jan 12 | CLASPED in this correspondent's hand, a God botherer's letter detailing all that surely awaits your columnist upon being damned and duly consigned to hell. |

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Remedies to make a healthier new year

Posted: 29 Dec 11 | WELL, there goes another one. Annum, that is. |

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Chill out: no need to crack `high-tech' ice

Posted: 16 Dec 11 | WE HAVE long been curious on the dividing line between the tech savvy, those harried individuals who stay at the cutting edge of ever-changing communications technology, and the more relaxed Luddite who couldn't give a rodent's bottom. |

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