Tasmanian Times
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709EconomyDear Prime Minister …
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, understandably, has refused to be drawn, at this time, on her strategy to deal with the longstanding forestry...
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1.3KEconomy
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Joining the dots in the Forestry industry’s woodchipping, burning, regeneration? program … Between the 15th–19thApril 2010 the forest industry in Tasmania went...
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1.2KArticle
Travels without a Donkey: Ecuador (4)
QUITO is an artistic city. There are murals everywhere, hundreds of diverse sculptures in the parks and streets, and all areas of...
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817Economy
Native Forest bordering Wellington Park to be Clearfelled
Forestry Tasmania plans to clearfell hundreds of hectares of native forest close to and adjoining Hobart’s Wellington Park. Without consulting the local...
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823Economy
‘After 13 years State water quality policy is failing to meet objectives, or protect our water’
The Tasmanian Greens today cautiously welcomed Environment Minister David O’Byrne’s decision to convert the State Policy on Water Quality Management (SPWQM) under...
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872Media
Balance the scales, it’s election time
It’s election time … And across the ABC, journalists and editors are preparing themselves for the fray. Every appearance of every politician,...
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736Economy
Our Plunder of Nature Will End Up Killing Capitalism and Our Obscene Lifestyles
To anyone who is paying attention, things look doomed. Fortunately for American capitalism, nobody is paying attention. They never have. As an...
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733Economy
Cabinet moves towards Greens’ interim carbon tax
The Greens today welcomed reports that Cabinet is actively considering the Greens’ proposal of an interim carbon tax but warned Prime Minister...
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918Politics
A generous salary increase for politicians
This week’s The Big Picture reveals the shock increases of 40%+ in services from Tasmanian Council’s and government resulting in unaffordable costs...
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687Environment
Operation Black Water in Cuba Triumphs in the Name of Sea Life
During the past week a team of oiled wildlife rescue technicians from Instituto Sea Shepherd Brasil (ISSB) carried out in Cuba’s northern...
