Tasmanian Times
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721ArtsFour Day Works Festival A big success
Organisers are hailing the success of the 2012 Works Festival held on Elwick Bay, Glenorchy. The local and quirky arts Festival was...
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1.2KEconomy
Groundswell shuts down Ta Ann veneer mill. More on the Sarawak connections …
Grassroots environmental group Groundswell have today shut down operations at Ta Ann’s veneer mill in Smithton, with a peaceful protest. The group...
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999Coroner & Legal
The suppression of our animality … and its terrible consequences. The Royal Commission
A senior serving police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, claims the Catholic church covered up crimes of paedophile priests, silenced investigations...
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792Economy
Riding roughshod over a local community … ?
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie (above), has called on the Prime Minister to rule out federal funding for a proposed...
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825Economy
Cash for Containers: A Solution to Pollution Choking Tasmania’s Clean Image
“The atrocious amount of rubbish found around this state is an ugly problem Tasmanians ignore too often,” Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson...
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753Economy
Investors beware: Van Diemens Land dairy expansion would destroy endangered devils and quolls
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust has today issued a warning to potential investors in the Van Diemen’s Land company dairy expansion that they...
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804Health
To the children and families …
To the children and families and friends and loved ones of the still addicted people on poker machines, I am sorry that...
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863National
Tony Speaks! The Wisdom of the Abbott…
Elke Power BlackInc Books Tony Speaks! The Wisdom of the Abbott … If you liked Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s speech about misogyny,...
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881Coroner & Legal
Minister backflips on sow stall ban
In a devastating blow to the welfare of pregnant pigs, Tasmania’s Minister for Primary Industries, Bryan Green, will renege on the government’s...
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1.5KEconomy
Hemp ruling a potential boost for Tasmanian agriculture
The Tasmanian Greens have welcomed a decision by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to approve the use of hemp products containing low...
