Tasmanian Times
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1.1KEconomyForestry Tasmania posts $12m loss … as Gunns compo offer hits the table
Forestry Tasmania has reported its second operating loss in as many years. The state-owned company has recorded an operating loss of $12...
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934Economy
Throw away the dictionary
Throw away the dictionary. A dictionary’s no help at all if you really want to know what words like “substantial” or “commencement”...
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900Statements
CHILDHOOD IN DOOMSDAY CULT INSPIRES NOVEL
Benjamin Grant Mitchell is a writer from Melbourne and the author of The Last Great Day, his debut novel inspired by his...
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1.3KArts
Bio-morph – experiments in simultaneous biography No. 7: David (O’)Byrne
David (O’)Byrne is an artist, musician and Tasmanian Labor politician. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,...
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885Coroner & Legal
The Permit: Last minute surprise! And much tortuous detail…
Dear Reader, This article is long, some of it is ‘technical’ and deals with The Pulp Mill Permit. It consists actually of...
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871Health
Generation F*cked
The UN’s first ever report on the state of childhood in the industrialized West made unpleasant reading for many of the world’s...
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888Media
Lies, promises and mandates
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott routinely denounces Prime Minister Julia Gillard as a liar. He does so with the tacit support, through failure...
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1.1KDemocracy Tasmania
Public opinion and representative democracy
What role should public opinion play in the ultimate political resolution of such public policy debates as climate change, asylum-seekers, the war...
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767Politics
Former Premier Criticises Wilkie
Former two-time Labor Premier of Tasmania Michael Field speaks here ( see below for details of the Samuel Griffith Society conference I’m...
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1.7KEconomy
Be Aware that Housing Density in Hobart is Set to Double
The Details The details of this move are outlined in the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy 2010-2035 which has been approved...
