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HIGHER EDUCATION OR HIGHER QUALIFICATION?

DECRIMINALISING ABORTION.MEETING LULU.

FUNDING THE TASMANIAN HEALTH SYSTEM.

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As I write this editorial, the leadership of the Australian Labor Party, and the country, remains undecided and up in the air. For the third time in less than three years, Labor is deciding who will be its leader whilst the party is still in government.

It is remarkable to think how easily we take for granted the important things in life – who the Prime Minister of the country is; the nature of the education we’re undertaking at university; the right of women to control their bodies; or the quality of the public heath system.

,Q� WKLV� HGLWLRQ� RI� ,QVXOD� 7LP� -DUYLV� FRQIURQWV� WKH�second issue with his stunning piece on the nature and future of higher education. Jamila Fontana tackles the third very different issue, with her piece RQ�UHFHQW�PRYHV�WR�GHFULPLQDOLVH�DERUWLRQ�LQ�7DV-mania. Whilst Huw Jarvis confronts the vexed issue of public health care funding in Australia.

It’s also exciting to say to readers that they shouldn’t take for granted the way Insula is pre-VHQWHG��7KLV�HGLWLRQ�RI� ,QVXOD� LV�QRW�RQO\�>DUJX-ably] better than the last; it’s also much bigger. With a new calendar of events and a review sec-tion, I hope you get even more out of this pub-lication.

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(GXFDWLRQ�RU�4XDOL´FDWLRQ"�A Polemic.

E\�7LP�-DUYLVA Bachelor of Arts, it is said, furnishes you with “skills that employers want, such as research, critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, communication, creativity and versatility”. Any student who has glanced through their unit outline will note that there are lists of ‘Intended /HDUQLQJ� 2XWFRPHV� DQG� ¬*HQHULF� *UDGXDWH�$WWULEXWHV��WKHVH�DUH�D�SDUW�RI�WKH�TXDOL´FDWLRQ�you are earning – the product you are buying.

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What is the difference between an HGXFDWLRQ� DQG� D� TXDOL´FDWLRQ"� ,V� WKHUH�RQH"�3HUKDSV�WKH\�DUH�GLIIHUHQW�DVSHFWV�of the same thing: you go to university, get an education, and graduate at the HQG�ZLWK�D�TXDOL´FDWLRQ��WR�WHOO�WKH�ZRUOG�WKDW�\RX�DUH�FHUWL´HG�DV�VRPHRQH�ZLWK�an education). Problem solved.

7KLV�MXVW�ZLOO�QRW�GR��,I�ZH�VWRS�DQG�UHµHFW�RQ�ZKDW�these two things are, it becomes evident that not only are they different, but they might even be antagonistic to one another.

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7KXV�WKH�XQLYHUVLW\�LV�FRQFHUQHG�DW�HYHU\�VWDJH�WR�XQ-dertake quality assurance to ensure, before it is too late, that their programmes are promoting the kinds of things that lead to the desired outcomes.

1RQH�RI�WKLV�LV�HGXFDWLRQ��$�TXLFN�HW\PRORJLFDO�IRUD\�will provide us with a starting point from which we can elaborate how it is that education differs from TXDOL´FDWLRQ��2XU�ZRUG� ¬HGXFDWLRQ� FRPHV� IURP� WKH�Latin ‘educatio’ or ‘to bring up’, from ‘educo’, mean-LQJ�¬WR�GUDZ�RXW�RU�¬UDLVH�XS��7KH�$QFLHQW�*UHHN�ZRUG�for education is ‘paideia’, which itself derives from the QRXQ�¬SDLV��PHDQLQJ�¬FKLOG�¨�IRU�WKH�*UHHNV��SDLGHLD�was the process by which a child was educated to become a well-functioning member of the city-state, DQG�LW�HQFRPSDVVHG�¬SUDFWLFDO�VNLOOV��DULWKPHWLF��JUDP-PDU��PHGLFLQH��HWF��SK\VLFDO�WUDLQLQJ��DQG�PRUH�JHQ-HUDO�LQWHOOHFWXDO�DQG�PRUDO�UH´QHPHQW�WKURXJK�PXVLF��SRHWU\�DQG�SKLORVRSK\��7KH�SXUSRVH�RI�SDLGHLD�ZDV�WR�turn the child into a good person, and Plato in partic-ular considered this to be of the highest importance. 7KHVH� FRQFHSWV� FDQ� VRXQG� DOLHQ� WR� RXU� HDUV� QRZ��if not alien, even worse: old-fashioned and pa-ternalistic. On what basis can we seriously claim, holding our faces perfectly straight and not offer-ing even the slightest sly wink, that the stuffy aca-demics who populate the halls of universities have the moral authority to educate us to be good peo-SOH��7KH�DEVXUGLW\��$QG�\HW� WKLV� LV�ZKDW� ,�DP�FODLP-ing: education has a fundamentally ethical mission. But I am not concerned with education as a whole: what concerns us here is education in the context of a ‘higher’ education, the kind you receive at a univer-VLW\��7KLV�FOHDUO\�KDV�D�GLIIHUHQW�IXQFWLRQ�WKDQ�WKH�NLQG�RI�IRUPDWLYH�HGXFDWLRQ�RQH�UHFHLYHV�DV�D�FKLOG��DQG�LW�is this kind of education that paideia was concerned ZLWK�� $� XQLYHUVLW\� LV� DQ� LQVWLWXWLRQ� RI� OHDUQLQJ�� DQG�historically it has been the place one goes to in order WR�H[SORUH�WKH�KLJKHU�EUDQFKHV�RI�NQRZOHGJH��1RZ�LW�is primarily somewhere one goes in order to improve one’s prospects on the job market, or for a change in career. What has been lost in this change jeopardises the entire ethical mission of higher education.

Among the generic attributes universities claim their JUDGXDWHV�ZLOO�KDYH�DUH�¬FULWLFDO�WKLQNLQJ�VNLOOV��7KLV�LV�the watered down bureaucratic version of what a uni-versity should really be providing you with: a healthy respect for the truth, and a feeling for the unstable relationship you have with it. Your studies will deepen \RXU�XQGHUVWDQGLQJ�RI�WKH�ZRUOG��DQG�\RXU�SODFH� LQ�LW��LQ�WZR�PDMRU�ZD\V��´UVW��E\�H[SRVLQJ�\RX�WR�WKLQJV�\RX�SUHYLRXVO\�KDG�QR�LGHD�DERXW��VHFRQG��DQG�IURP�WKH�HWKLFDO�VWDQGSRLQW�PRUH� LPSRUWDQWO\��E\�FDOOLQJ�into question things you previously believed with such conviction you didn’t even realise you believed them.

“... THIS IS WHAT I AM CLAIM-ING: EDUCATION HAS A FUNDA-MENTALLY ETHICAL MISSION.”

“A UNIVERSITY IS AN INSTI-TUTION OF LEARNING, AND HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN THE PLACE ONE GOES TO IN OR-DER TO EXPLORE THE HIGHER BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE. NOW IT IS PRIMARILY SOME-WHERE ONE GOES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ONE’S PROSPECTS ON THE JOB MARKET, OR FOR A CHANGE IN CAREER.”

“THE MODERN UNIVERSITY, THEN, CAN SERVE EDUCATION BY DEEPENING OUR CAPACITY FOR SELF-CRITICISM AS WELL AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORLD AROUND US.”

“THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING CAUGHT UP IN A SYSTEM OF OPINIONS AND PREJUDICES BASED ON PERSONAL CONVIC-TION, AND BEING CAUGHT UP IN ONE BASED ON THE AUTHORITY OF OTHERS, LIES IN THE ADDED CONCEIT THAT IS INNATE IN THE FORMER POSITION.” - HEGEL

“... IT SIMPLY ISN’T POSSIBLE TO TEACH SOMEONE TO BE GOOD: VIRTUE CANNOT BE TAUGHT. AND THIS OBSERVATION, I THINK, CAN SHED LIGHT ON OUR PROBLEM: YOU CANNOT TEACH PEOPLE TO BE SELF-CRITICAL, OR TO THINK

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7KH�HIIHFW�RI�KDYLQJ�WKLV�H[SHULHQFH�UHSHDWHGO\�is to give you a healthy appreciation of just how much you don’t know. Plato thought that one of the signs of a lack of education was an insist-ence on wanting to have one’s own point of view FRQ´UPHG�UDWKHU�WKDQ�ZDQWLQJ�WR�NQRZ�ZKDW�WKH�WUXWK� DFWXDOO\� LV�� 7KH� PRGHUQ� XQLYHUVLW\�� WKHQ��can serve education by deepening our capacity for self-criticism as well as our understanding of and appreciation for the world around us.

7KHUH� LV� DQRWKHU�� UHODWHG�ZD\� WKH�PRGHUQ� XQL-versity can serve education. One of the great SKLORVRSKHUV�� ,PPDQXHO�.DQW��RQFH�PDGH�VRPH�observations about what ‘enlightenment’ is: it is to think for oneself, he said; the aim of enlighten-ment is to free mankind from its ‘self-imposed tutelage’.

7KLV�LV�WKH�RWKHU�WKLQJ�D�KHDOWK\�UHVSHFW�IRU�WKH�truth does, then: it encourages you to think for yourself, because it is only you who can set about assuring yourself whether such-and-such is actually true or not. Whenever you merely trust to an authority, you are making yourself dependent on them. Independent thinking goes hand-in-hand with self-criticism: it is only by thinking self-critically that one can really think independently. A university should, then, pro-duce self-critical independent thinkers.

+RZHYHU��LW�LV�QRW�VR�VLPSOH�DV�WKDW��7KHUH�ZDV�D�notorious problem in Ancient ethics: how does it happen that parents who are excellent people FRPH�WR�KDYH�FKLOGUHQ�ZKR�DUH�DZIXO"�6XUHO\��LI�being a good person is an important thing, these parents would have done their utmost to ensure that their children were brought up to be good people, and being good people themselves sure-ly they would have had the capacity to teach their children to be good people. And yet good people evidently produce rotten children. Why?

One suggestion offered was that it simply isn’t possible to teach someone to be good: virtue cannot be taught. And this observation, I think, can shed light on our problem: you cannot teach people to be self-critical, or to think for WKHPVHOYHV��7KH\�KDYH�WR�GHYHORS�WKLV�FDSDFLW\�themselves, and in order to do this they have to genuinely want to, in no small part because VHOI�FULWLFLVP� LV� KDUG�� 7KLQNLQJ� ªLQGHSHQGHQWO\«�is easy – the world is full of people who claim to think for themselves, but what this usually means is they just don’t bother thinking very hard and instead just blow around uncritically on the winds of private inclination – but really thinking for oneself is seriously tough.

,W�UHTXLUHV�WLPH�IRU�UHµHFWLRQ��LW�LV�ZRUWK�QRWLQJ��LQ� WKLV� FRQWH[W�� WKDW� WKH�*UHHN�DQG�/DWLQ� URRWV�for our word ‘school’ mean ‘leisure’ or ‘free time’: \RX�FDQQRW�´QG�RXW�WKH�WUXWK��DERXW�\RXUVHOI�RU�about the world, if you don’t have time to sit GRZQ�DQG�DVN�\RXUVHOI�GLI´FXOW�TXHVWLRQV��DQG�LW� LV�D�FDSDFLW\�WKDW�WDNHV�WLPH�WR�GHYHORS��1R-body can be ‘perfectly’ self-critical because we are never totally transparent to ourselves. What it requires is a commitment to the truth over and above the desire to be right, above the desire to move on to concern oneself with practical PDWWHUV��KDYLQJ�WDNHQ�IRU�JUDQWHG�ZKDW�RQH�DV-VXPHV�WR�EH�FRUUHFW��

If you will forgive my bringing Plato up one last time, I would like to observe that this is not just an academic concern: it is also a political one. 7KH�FHQWUDO�TXHVWLRQ�RI�3ODWRV�5HSXEOLF� LV�WKLV��how can we ensure that those who rule the state are genuinely interested in the good, and not confused by what merely appears to be good? 7KH�DQVZHU�KH�JLYHV�LV�WKDW�WKRVH�ZKR�UXOH�PXVW�have a taste for the truth, so that they will not be VDWLV´HG�ZLWK�PHUH�VLPXODFUD��WKH\�PXVW�ZDQW�WR�know what is truly good, not just what appears so. Higher education, in this sense, aims to turn the soul around so that it cares not for the ap-SHDUDQFHV�DQG�µLFNHULQJ�VKDGRZV�RI�WKH�ZRUOG�uncritically received, but cares instead for the truth above all.

It is this desire to know the truth that is jeop-ardised by the modern university’s obsession ZLWK�TXDOL´FDWLRQ��7KH�SUREOHP��KRZHYHU��LV�QRW�rooted in the university itself – the university is RQO\� UHµHFWLQJ� WKH� ODFN�RI� LQWHUHVW� LQ� WKH� WUXWK�RI�WKH�ZLGHU�FRPPXQLW\��7KH�WUXWK�LV�VRPHWKLQJ�that one has to learn to respect: until you have JRQH� WKURXJK� WKH� GLI´FXOW� SURFHVV� RI� UHDOLVLQJ�just how far short of the truth your point of view LV��\RXU�SRLQW�RI�YLHZ�VDWLV´HV�MXVW�´QH�

:KHQ�ZH�FRPH�WR�XQLYHUVLW\�GHVLULQJ�D�TXDOL´-cation, truth is a secondary question. Many of WKH�VWXGHQWV�ZKR�´OO�WKH�OHFWXUH�KDOOV�HYHU\�GD\�are only interested in working out how they can best go through the motions in order to come RXW�WKH�RWKHU�VLGH�ZLWK�D�GHJUHH��6WXGHQWV�DUH�on the lookout for facts they can write down, memorise for a short while in order to regurgi-WDWH�DW�H[DP�WLPH��DQG�WKHQ�PRVWO\�IRUJHW��7KH\�will do the smallest amount of reading possible. 7KH� NH\� TXHVWLRQ� RI� HGXFDWLRQ� LV�� 'R� ,� XQGHU-stand the world now better than I did before? 7KH�NH\�TXHVWLRQ�RI�TXDOL´FDWLRQ�LV��'LG�,�JHW�D�good grade?

A frequent critical comment that lecturers re-ceive on their student feedback forms at the end RI� VHPHVWHU� LV� WKLV�� ª7KH� OHFWXUHU� GLGQW� VSHQG�enough time telling us what to write for the as-VLJQPHQW�«�7KH�SURFHVV�RI�TXDOL´FDWLRQ�GRHVQW�HQFRXUDJH� DQ\RQH� WR� ´QG�RXW� WKH� WUXWK�� LW� HQ-FRXUDJHV�WKHP�WR�´QG�RXW�ZKDW�WR�VD\��'RQW�OHW�this be you.

7KLV�LV�ZKDW�LV�DEVXUG�DERXW�RXU�REVHVVLRQ�ZLWK�TXDOL´FDWLRQV� DQG� RXWFRPHV� DVVHVVPHQW�� ZH�are in the process of achieving what has been a dream for generations – universally accessi-ble higher education. Yet the driving force be-hind its rising accessibility risks destroying the very reason it is worth doing. Instead of being a force for universal education and enlighten-ment, higher “education” is becoming just one more cog in the machine that produces a pliable ZRUNIRUFH��7KH�XQLYHUVLW\V�IDLOLQJ�LQ�DOO�RI�WKLV�LV�in bowing down to these demands rather than SXWWLQJ�XS�D�´JKW�

“THE TRUTH IS SOMETHING THAT ONE HAS TO LEARN TO RESPECT: UNTIL YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DIFFICULT PROCESS OF REALISING JUST HOW FAR SHORT OF THE TRUTH YOUR POINT OF VIEW IS, YOUR POINT OF VIEW SATIS-FIES JUST FINE.”

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A Woman’s Right To Choose.

by Jamila Fontana

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Section 134(1) of the Tasmanian Crim-inal Code currently states that, ‘Any woman who, being pregnant, unlaw-fully administers to herself, with intent to procure her own miscarriage, any poison or other noxious thing or with such intent unlawfully uses any instru-ment or other means whatsoever, is guilty of a crime’.

)RU�D�ORW�RI�ZRPHQ�LQ�7DVPDQLD��HVSHFLDOO\�\RXQJ�women, this comes as a surprise. For those of us who have never had to face the decision of whether to terminate or continue a pregnancy, it’s a frightening realisation. For those women who have already made the choice, it is an in-timidating reality. On International Women’s Day 2013, Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne an-QRXQFHG� WKH� 6WDWH� *RYHUQPHQWV� PRYH� WR� GH-FULPLQDOLVH�DERUWLRQ�LQ�7DVPDQLD��

As the law currently stands, abortions can occur with the approval of two doctors and a counsellor, however, the threat of criminal charges for doing so still exist. Women found guilty of procuring an abortion could face a term in prison of up to 21 years.

Along with Minister O’Byrne’s announcement, a discussion paper was released which proposed 7DVPDQLD�PRYLQJ� WR� D�PRGHO� WKDW� OHJDOLVHV� WKH�termination of pregnancies by doctors up to the 24th week.��7KLV�ZRXOG�PDNH�7DVPDQLD�RQH�RI�RQO\�three states with such progressive legislation, highlighting that even though we’re not always aware of it, this is still a highly contentious issue nationally. Furthermore, the history of abortion in Australia is one of a great and under-recognised social struggle, one involving prejudice, corruption and courageous women risking their lives to try and secure choice.

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What do the proposed abortion laws mean for women who are faced with the decision to terminate a pregnancy? Like any issue concerned with equality and human rights, the discussion paper put forward by Minister O’Byrne is one centrally concerned with freedom of choice. For women, legalising abortion means we no longer have to feel as though our body is restricted by others or by circumstance. Currently, many women IHHO� SUHVVXUHG� WR� µ\� HOVHZKHUH� WR� XQGHUJR�VRPHWKLQJ� VR� SHUVRQDO� DQG� GLI´FXOW� GXH�WR� WKH� IHDU�RI� OHJDO� UDPL´FDWLRQV��7KLV� LV� DQ�unacceptable restriction of choice.

Beyond the presentation of the discussion paper we know little about the Bill’s likelihood of success other than that all members of Parliament will be granted a conscience vote. For many of those voting their decision will be based upon questions of morality and ethics, especially for those who sit on WKH�IHQFH�RU�DUH�´UPO\�DJDLQVW�DERUWLRQ��)RU�members of Parliament who are politically progressive, this matter of conscience is more likely to revolve around issues of social justice and gender equality.

)RU�RWKHUV�� VXFK�DV� WKH�7DVPDQLDQ�6KDGRZ�Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff it serves as a ‘distraction’. A sentiment he clumsily and offensively let slip on local radio on International Women’s Day. For the young feminist and, I hope for all young women, this issue is neither a distraction nor is it a conservative or religiously dogmatic discussion about the sanctity of life. It is about choice, with women deserving the right to make decisions that will affect their lives and bodies forever without fear of alienation, judgement or criminal charges.

Modern feminism tends to concern itself with issues such as glass ceilings, pay equality and whether or not to judge a Prime Minister on KHU�QHZ�JODVVHV�� 7KH�JHQGHU� LQHTXDOLW\� VWLOO�existing in Australian society is more often than not ignored by young women, especially those of us with easy access to tertiary HGXFDWLRQ�� 7KH� EHVW� IHPLQLVW� OLWHUDWXUH��however, tells us that women need control RI� WKHLU� ERGLHV� WR� ZLQ� WKH� ´JKW� WR� DFKLHYH�equality. If we don’t have that autonomous control and if we can be persecuted for that FKRLFH��WKHQ�ZH�DUH�ORVLQJ�WKH�´JKW��

Tasmanian Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne

“I HOPE FOR ALL YOUNG WOMEN THIS ISSUE IS NEITHER A DISTRACTION NOR IS IT A CONSERVATIVE OR RELIGIOUSLY DOGMATIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE.”

“THE BEST FEMINIST LITERATURE, HOWEVER, TELLS US THAT WOMEN NEED CONTROL OF THEIR BODIES TO WIN THE FIGHT TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY. IF WE DON’T HAVE THAT AUTONOMOUS CONTROL AND IF WE CAN BE PERSECUTED FOR THAT CHOICE, THEN WE ARE LOSING THE FIGHT.”

Tasmanian Health Care:

Circling the Drain.

by Huw Jarvis

In recent years, Tasmania’s public health system has been treading wa-WHU��GHVSHUDWHO\� WU\LQJ� WR� VWD\�DµRDW�as the State Government and interest groups appeal for increased Federal funding. Last year, the Federal Gov-ernment committed an extra $325 million of funding to the Tasmanian public health sector to be delivered over four years and we should all be grateful for that.

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7KH�SUREOHP�IRU�HYHU\�VWDWH�LQ�$XVWUDOLD�LV�WKDW�each year, proportionally, the rise of public hos-pital costs is much greater than the states’ rise in revenue. In the ten years from 2000-01 to ��WKH�DYHUDJH�\HDUO\�LQFUHDVH�LQ�7DVPD-QLDQ�*RYHUQPHQW�VSHQGLQJ�RQ�SXEOLF�KRVSLWDOV�ZDV��ZKLOH�WKH�ULVH�LQ�WRWDO�6WDWH�*RYHUQPHQW�UHYHQXH�ZDV� �� 7KLV� KDV� SXW� 7DVPDQLD� LQ� D�worse position than other states and territories because in addition to our slow economy, on average our people are older, poorer and sicker than those in the rest of the country.

7KH� FXUUHQW� IXQGLQJ� PRGHO� LV� QRW� ZHOO� SODFHG�to overcome this persistent budget pressure; LQ� IDFW�� LW�KDV�FUHDWHG�D�VZROOHQ�DQG� LQHI´FLHQW�health care bureaucracy that must attempt to coordinate policies coming from the competing DJHQGDV�RI�WKH�6WDWH�DQG�)HGHUDO�*RYHUQPHQWV

6WDWH�EXGJHW�FXWV�WR�HOHFWLYH�VXUJHU\�DUH�D�SHU-fect example of how the division of responsi-ELOLWLHV�SURPRWHV�FRVW�VKLIWLQJ��7KH�FXWV�ZHUH�LV-VXHG�E\�D�6WDWH�*RYHUQPHQW�GHVSHUDWH�WR�UHDFK�LWV�WDUJHW�RI��PLOOLRQ�LQ�KHDOWK�VDYLQJV��DOO�LQ�WKH� IDFH�RI� WKH�)HGHUDO�*RYHUQPHQWV�1DWLRQDO�+HDOWK�5HIRUP�$JUHHPHQW��1+5$��ODXQFKHG�LQ��7KH�1+5$�LQFOXGHG�FKDQJHV�LQ�WKH�RUJDQL-sation, funding and delivery of health care in all states and territories to be implemented over four years.

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,Q��WKH�5XGG�*RYHUQPHQW�LQYHVWLJDWHG�WKH�possibility of a Commonwealth takeover of Aus-WUDOLDV�KHDOWK�FDUH��EXW�VHWWOHG�IRU��UHVSRQ-sibility of public hospital funding, which never HYHQWXDWHG�� 7KH� *LOODUG� *RYHUQPHQWV� 1+5$�will increase the Commonwealth contribution to KRVSLWDO� IXQGLQJ� WR� ��E\� �� DQG� ��E\�2017.

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“ ... THERE IS ONE FRIGHTENING POINT AGREED UPON BY ALL – IF NOTHING CHANGES, OUR UNIVER-SAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WHERE PATIENTS ARE TREATED BASED ON THEIR NEEDS NOT THEIR FINAN-CIAL MEANS, WILL SOON BE LOST ENTIRELY.”

Meeting Lulu.

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Yeah- right now we’re building up to our de-but performance at the Peacock- haven’t really planned where to go from there but I’m playing LQ�D�WULR�LQ�WKH�8.�ODWHU�LQ�WKH�\HDU��%HIRUH�WKDW�,�would like to play some shows on the mainland, but I’m taking it one step at a time. We’ll also be doing some more recording by the end of the year, and releasing our EP “bookends and begin-agains”.

Lulu and the Paige-Turners are de-buting at the Peacock Theatre on the ��WK�RI�$SULO�DW��SP��<RX�FDQ�´QG�RXW�more about them through their face-book page or by visiting http://www.lulupaige-turner.com/

“TASMANIA IS RECOGNIZED AS AN ARTSY, CULTURED PLACE. IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET EASIER FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS.”

The Uni (Food) Review.

by Anon.

Eating Out

Breakfast at Tricycle

You’re a student. You’re poor. If you’re going to splash out on food you want to know it’s worth it. Let us be your guide.

Eating on Campus

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“THESE WERE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT SCRAMBLED EGGS SHOULD BE – LIGHT, SILKY, ONLY JUST COOKED – AND THEY TASTED INCREDIBLE.”

“THE CHAI ITSELF ISN’T MY FA-VOURITE BLEND, BUT THE PRES-ENTATION AND ABILITY TO MIX IT THE WAY YOU LIKE IS GREAT.”

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