Tasmanian Times
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Politics
A very unusual week in Tasmania
Nostradamus Once a person suffering from clinical depression first considers suicide, it is important to note that it then becomes an internal...
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Politics
Forwards into the past?
Mike Bolan OUR systems of government and finance are unsustainable. We’re sinking into uaffordable debt, losing our competitive edge and putting too...
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Environment
Swift Parrots return … to logging
Wild Wielangta “Much of the Swift Parrot’s favoured nesting habitat is on land managed by Forestry Tasmania that is targeted for logging...
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Environment
Save Wielangta Forest
Fiona Scott Save Wielangta, Premier Bartlett and Prime Minister Rudd. You have been elected to support the people and you have the...
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Article
Treasury too close to manage gambling industry
Jane Rankin-Reid Boyce has long argued that Treasury’s role in managing Tasmania’s gambling industry is too close for comfort. Given that the...
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Forestry
Write to Kevin Rudd – Forestry Tasmania Replies
Bob Manton I recently sent a letter to Prime minister Rudd expressing my opinion on the effects of Forestry burn offs in...
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Environment
Study confirms pesticides persist in groundwater
Alison Bleaney The climate changes that are happening and previous and current land practices (with the use of pesticides and fertilisers) makes...
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Article
Contagious cancer: The evolution of a killer
David Quammen Harper’s magazine The biological mystery of how the Tasmanian devil’s rogue tumor manages to establish itself in one animal after...
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Environment
Careful, Mr Bartlett
Frank Nicklason We must not fall into the trap of allowing big, polluting industries such as coal mining to carbon offset by...
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Society
Do we need a bill of rights?
Jennie Herrera The Tasmanian Peace Trust will hold its Annual Lecture at 3pm Sunday 17th August at the HOBART TOWN HALL Guest...
