Tasmanian Times
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1.1KEconomyEffectiveness and efficiency – is that what local government is really about?
The Minister for Local Government, Peter Gutwein, and the Property Council’s Brian Wightman, are leading the charge for a more effective, efficient...
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A “lesson for the ages” from two Dead White Mediterranean Blokes
A prof named Greg from a place called the Gong advises Aussie Tony & Bill and Tassie’s Will & Bryan to read...
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Hilary Burden: In the Land of The Giants
The Blue Tier Giant It’s a challenge to photograph big trees well. From beneath, all it’s possible to really grasp is a...
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To stay or go into exile
Czeslaw Milosz This year Patrick Modiano received the Nobel Prize for Literature and, as often before, it was a complete surprise when...
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Prince Cnut Defies the Waves of Reality
“Canute rebukes his courtiers” by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville ~ 1835 – 1885. The Abbott Liberal Government became lambasted as climate change dinosaurs...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (42)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Cassy and her Tweets
Recently, I was tweeting away to my heart’s content when I came across an interesting dialogue between Cassy O’Connor and a med...
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New resource on health threats posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals
As governments, industry and public interest groups from across the globe prepare to meet next week to discuss endocrine-disrupting chemicals and other...
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PNFEP Review
The Liberal Government has a long-term Plan for Tasmania to grow the economy and create jobs. Key to our Plan is rebuilding...
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Private forest owners welcome review of land clearing deadline
Tasmania’s private forest owners, through the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, today hailed the state government’s move to review the policy that...
