Tasmanian Times
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894EconomyMadam Premier: It is Time to Act
The Hon. Lara Giddings Premier of Tasmania Parliament House Hobart 20th July 2013 Dear Premier, Bass Strait — a matter that makes...
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972Coroner & Legal
Lurch Beyond Brutopia. The Manus Whistleblower …
Back in November 2006 Kevin Rudd wrote an article for The Monthly titled Howard’s Brutopia, in which he contrasted his own “social...
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839Coroner & Legal
Dud DAFF report demonstrates need for animal welfare office. Farmer’s guilt
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has condemned the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s report into the 2012 Pakistan sheep...
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862Coroner & Legal
Mine’s impact on Tasmanian devil. Why is Shree Minerals a Protected Species?
Departmental advice tendered in evidence during Save the Tarkine’s successful Federal Court challenge to the Commonwealth approval of Shree Minerals’ Nelson Bay...
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1.5KCoroner & Legal
Right To Information denied on Savage River mine tailings dam spill
On 31st May this year the Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network submitted a Right To Information (RTI) application to the Department...
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1.8KEconomy
The false dichotomy of clearfell or reserve must be abandoned. Vica Bayley on free speech.
German forest scientist, Professor Andreas Rothe, has injected some much needed rationality and clarity of vision into discussions regarding the future of...
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1.0KNational
Larrikin indie takes on big parties in bellwether Bass
The seat of Bass in North East Tasmania is home to some 140,000 people the greater number of which resides in Launceston,...
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765Economy
FBT hysteria
Hysteria from interest groups whenever governments announce plans to trim handouts usually indicates an absence of suitable contra arguments. Government plans to...
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986Coroner & Legal
Now the Police are farmers as they ‘harvest’ the highways
We often wondered why many cars were pulled over by police on the Tasman Highway between St Helens and St Mary’s Pass....
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Statements
Yet another Denison funding win!
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, welcomed today’s announcement of $135,000 in federal funding for sports and heritage projects in Denison....
