Tasmanian Times
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910EconomyTHE BUDGET: Ignore the rhetoric … is Giddings up to it?
As any psychology student will attest, the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. So when Treasurer Giddings fronts the press...
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TASMANIAN DUCKS AND WATERFOWL GET RESPITE AS SHOOTING SEASON CLOSES
Peace Restored to Wetlands The Tasmanian Greens today celebrated the recent end of Tasmanian waterfowl massacre, saying that now peace was restored...
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942Economy
This is not just another Budget. It is a critical indicator of political and policy intent.
The 2011-12 Tasmanian budget matters a great deal. It will be a defining moment in the life expectancy of the Labor-Green minority...
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829Economy
State Budget needs to come to grips with over-spending and under-delivery
Thursday’s State Budget will be notable in a number of ways. It will be Lara Giddings’ first. It will (I think) be...
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1.0KInternational
Window to Togatus (2)
Asylum seekers can now join old growth forest logging and the pulp mill as a topic guaranteed to create a divided dogfight...
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846Coroner & Legal
Live export of livestock undermines Tasmanian economy
The Tasmanian Greens today reiterated calls for a ban on state live exports, in response to an outstanding community response whereby 10,000...
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757Economy
Drop in centre under new management
After weeks of uncertainty, Colony 47’s mental health drop-in centre in Hobart will close. Colony 47 could no longer afford to run...
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1.1KEconomy
Penola pulp mill plans dead
PLANS to revive the $1.5 billion Penola Pulp Mill are dead with the company behind the mill calling in liquidators. The company’s...
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944Economy
Declaration for safer Australian pesticide laws
Dear all Thank you for lending your support to NTN’s campaign for safer Australian pesticide laws, in partnership with the WWF, CHOICE...
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638Economy
Poll driven … god help us!
It seems the media are really the ones driven by poll results. Recently Galaxy, in conjunction with News Ltd, stated that “58%...
