Tasmanian Times
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774EconomyAre private forest growers “missing in action”?
No wonder the forest industry is in crisis. One of the groups who stand most to gain from a positive contribution to...
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714Economy
How can this be possible?
From two newspaper reports: 1. An elderly couple, the husband 82 yo. and the wife 80 yo. are facing eviction from their...
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768Media
In the new digital world, ‘sunset’ media can’t cling to old ways
When a media proprietor such as Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes describes newspapers as a “sunset industry”, it goes without saying that...
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702Economy
Confused about carbon reduction plans?
Confused about carbon reduction plans … Download: Confused_about_carbon_reduction_plans.pdf The_Switkowski_report_-_opportunity_knocks.pdf Before his retirement Ted Pritchard was the Executive General Manager and Chief Operations...
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841Economy
The Faintest Whiff
I have a rather uneasy feeling about some of Gunns comments recently – the comments that secured them their licences from the...
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797Environment
High toxicity in Tasmanian waterways
The Tasmanian Greens today expressed concern over recent report from the state Director of Public Health Roscoe Taylor, that high nutrient levels...
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832Environment
The Asturias Pledge, A Shoppers Guide To Pesticides
UN press release EXPERTS AT UN MEETING URGE ACTION TO COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF CANCER. (New York; 18 March, 2011) Medical experts...
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788Economy
What Gunns told me
Gunns Limited approached me to comment on how they were doing with their draft plantation harvest residue burning policy (burning their waste)....
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821Economy
Merkel calls for nuclear power changes
BRUSSELS — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday nuclear energy policy across the European Union has to fundamentally change to take the...
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821Health
Once a jolly clever swagman tried in vain to help homeless
You don’t expect Australian charities to be winning international design awards. Then again, you mightn’t expect the world epicentre of supersize houses...
