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  GREENS CALL FOR STRONGER ANIMAL CRUELTY PENALTIES

  Petition With Over 6000 Signatures Support Stronger Penalties to be Handed Down The Tasmanian Greens today tabled a petition containing over 6000...

• Economy

  SMOKE POLLUTION COMPLAINTS GET HAND-BALLED AGAIN

  Forest Principles Authority Hand-Balls Smoke Complaints to Environment Protection Authority The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Environment Minister, Brian Wightman, to...

• National

  ONLY solution is to stop the boats

  The Gillard’s Government’s plan to ship 800 people who arrived here by boat without a visa, to Malaysia, in exchange for 4000...

• Statements

  Launceston food policy forum attracting major interest

  Dated: 18th May 2011 There has been considerable national interest in a food policy forum to be held in Launceston on June...

• Statements

  GREENS SUCCESSFULLY REPEAL EXCESSIVE PLUMBER REGISTRATION FEES

  1200 Per Cent Price Hike to be Removed The Tasmanian Greens today achieved support for their motion to disallow the recent 1200...

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  Economy

  A missed opportunity for the Forestry Peace Agreement

  It was only later that afternoon that it struck me what a terrible missed opportunity I had just witnessed. Tasmania this week...

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  National

  LABOR PRIORITISES GAMING INDUSTRY OVER WELFARE GROUPS

  The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Premier and Treasurer, Lara Giddings, to revisit the Federal Government’s offer to trial pre-commitment gambling...

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  Coroner & Legal

  Raid by the AFP on an age pensioner

  Glenorchy, 10th May, 2011 He was sitting in the 1 metre by 2 metre front porch of his pensioner unit as usual,...

• Politics

  CONCERNS OVER INTERIM PLANNING SCHEME LEFT UNANSWERED

  Known Errors Could Exist for Many Months The Tasmanian Greens today called for urgent clarification by the Minister for Planning, Bryan Green,...

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  Economy

  Splinter group puts Tasmanian forest deal in doubt

  AFTER a year of talks and despite significant progress, historic negotiations to end decades of conflict over Tasmania’s forests face collapse, with...