Tasmanian Times
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785Coroner & LegalJohn Gay fronts court
The former chairman of the Tasmanian timber company Gunns has appeared in the Magistrates Court in Launceston on insider trading charges. John...
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849Economy
How about it, guys?
Forestry chief Bob Gordon, left, and Minister Bryan Green Whether it’s this coupe BA388D, (Forestry Tasmania’s arrogant trashing of Aboroginal and settler...
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1.0KEconomy
How Lennon, Rolley and Gordon flogged the softwood resource
I can still recall the bewielded looks on the faces of the Technical Foresters and our Field Supervisors when we had just...
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858Politics
Health boss calls for legalised brothels
Tasmania’s Director of Public Health has spoken out against legislation banning brothels, arguing the state’s sex industry laws are failing. Dr Roscoe...
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652National
Gillard short-changes Tasmania
Greens deliver stable, top-level representation While the Gillard Labor government continues to short-change Tasmania, both the Australian Greens’ leader and deputy leader...
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730Article
Eulogy for Dick Bett
Carol has asked me to speak today about Dick’s larger contribution to Tasmanian life. Dick was ever a large thinker ahead of...
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1.5KEconomy
Peck’s motion is ridiculous … and rejected
Dear Mayor and Aldermen, We believe Alderman Tony Peck’s motion to support the pulp mill exceeds his power and is outside councils...
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936Coroner & Legal
Democratic right to protest is not for sale
The Tasmanian Greens have called for a Tasmania Police proposal to charge protesters for costs to be rejected on the grounds that...
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1.4KCoroner & Legal
Govt fights Etter damages claim
The Tasmanian Government has denied a raft of allegations made by the former head of the state’s Integrity Commission. It has filed...
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804Economy
The eye of the beholder
It is remarkable how differently people can interpret the same image. When Alan Duggan views Sam Rosewarne’s iconic photograph of the ‘conga...
