Tasmanian Times
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1.1KThe clearfell phase-out sham
British MP Norman Baker in a Styx, aggregated retention clearfell HEADLINES and commentators keep saying it. The state government is promoting it....
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Bonking for Britain
SO another politician has been exposed for bonking at the British taxpayers’ expense. John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister in Tony Blair’s increasingly...
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The rotten top
THE rotten top of a pile trickles down to us all. Being an American by birth, I am sometimes mistakenly aligned with...
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Coralling the Pack
MICHAEL Lester says he has had some difficult jobs before but trying to coordinate public relations for the Beaconsfield mine is shaping...
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The quiet helpers
EVERY morning at Beaconsfield a small band of locals is supporting each other through the arduous waiting and also making the media...
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Hobart City Council and drug dealing
TASMANIA’S drug problem must have reached epic proportions. Adding new layers meaning to the Hobart Tip motto, “Don’t Waste Hobart”, the sign...
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Beaconsfield: the dangers
A successful outcome to the rescue operations at Beaconsfield is still far from certain. The final metre of tunneling will be the...
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Mine: Blasting reckless
THE Beaconsfield mine management was “reckless” in its blasting practices, says a local resident who had been complaining about mining-related seismic activity...
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Beaconsfield mine safety
A CLOSED meeting of the West Tamar Council debated safety concerns over seismic activity in the area just two months before the...
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They’re alive
RESCUERS at the Beaconsfield Mine discovered something far more precious than gold earlier tonight when they made contact with their two colleagues...
