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    A Tasmanian Requiem

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/586-a-tasmanian-requiem
    24 Apr 2018: On December 26, 1847, a small group of Aboriginal people sat in the Lieutenant-Governor’s box at Hobart’s Theatre Royal watching a new pantomime. A local newspaper reported how “the natives … seemed gratified at their first public
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    Should Australia recognise the human right to a healthy environment?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/545-should-australia-recognise-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment
    28 Feb 2018: Australia is one of only 15 nations (a list that also includes Canada and the United States) that does not recognise the human right to a healthy environment at the federal level. Last year, the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental
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    The real cost of ocean acidification

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/681-the-real-cost-of-ocean-acidification
    25 Jul 2018: A new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led paper published in the science journal Nature Climate Change has highlighted the challenges faced by scientists, governments and communities as rising levels of CO2 are absorbed by the
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    How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian War

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/560-how-picture-boards-were-used-as-propaganda-in-the-vandemonian-war
    14 Mar 2018: As Hobart’s Old Government House was being demolished in the late 1850s, workers made a remarkable discovery. Lifting the floor, they found an old pine board covered with four rows of pictures. Six scenes painted in oils depicted interactions
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    We won’t close the gap

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/542-we-wont-close-the-gap
    19 Feb 2018: The recent Closing the Gap report has highlighted the lack of progress in Indigenous affairs since the apology to the Stolen Generations a decade ago. Although not a specific target, safe, appropriate and affordable housing is acknowledged to be a
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    Now the real work begins

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/613-now-the-real-work-begins
    24 May 2018: Banner image: Newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will need all the support he can get to enact the changes that Malaysia needs. EPAThe euphoria over the change of government in Malaysia is unlikely to die down soon. In fact, the
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    Warming Tasmanian waters invite octopus migration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/654-warming-tasmanian-waters-invite-octopus-migration
    29 Jun 2018: In a further sign of the impact of warming oceans on Tasmanian ecosystems, a species of octopus previously confined to eastern Australian waters is extending its range south, riding a new wave of warm water as ocean currents change. In a new study,
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    Expert warns of rising inequality as a result of GST review

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/657-expert-warns-of-rising-inequality-as-a-result-of-gst-review
    4 Jul 2018: University of Tasmania political scientist Richard Eccleston says a change to the distribution of GST funding risks increasing inequality between states. Professor Eccleston, pictured, has written widely on federalism and his most recent book, The
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    Budget policy check: does Australia need personal income tax cuts?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/584-budget-policy-check-does-australia-need-personal-income-tax-cuts
    23 Apr 2018: In this series - Budget policy checks - we look at the government’s justifications for policies likely to be in this year’s budget and measure them up against the evidence. In this piece we look at the need for personal income tax cuts. A large
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    Can you tell fact from fiction in the news?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/716-can-you-tell-fact-from-fiction-in-the-news
    10 Sep 2018: Have you clicked through to this article from your news feed? Are you checking it on your phone? More of us are consuming news online, and increasingly we’re turning to social media for news. Social media platforms are now the main source of news

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