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783EconomyForestry Smoke … not a good start for David O’Byrne
In Budget Estimates recently David O’Byrne MP, was reported in Hansard as saying the acknowledged dangerous levels of forestry smoke earlier this...
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804Economy
Big blow delays rooftop turbines
Strong winds have swept aside plans to install four large wind turbines on top of a Hobart office building. This morning, a...
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708Environment
Tasmania should go it alone on container deposit legislation
The Tasmanian Greens today reiterated their long-held view that Tasmania should go it alone on container waste management and called on Environment...
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786Economy
Bookies buying into climate change race
Is climate change “crap”, as Tony Abbott once reportedly said? We’ve heard complex arguments from scientists armed with graphs and pie charts....
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714Economy
Cities for living not roads
Alderman Philip Cocker today called on the State and Federal Governments to stop wasting vast amounts of money on road works and...
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792Cartoons
Great Things Happening in the State’s North
Exciting times in Launceston with serious undertakings underway, it can be reported that movement on the flood levies is advancing and has...
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772Economy
Gillard poised for major forests statement …
A NEW-FOUND pragmatism forced by economic downturn, public pressure and high-stakes politics has entered the previously hardcore centre of Tasmania’s forest industry....
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Environment
Save Ralphs Bay celebration lunch
Save Ralphs Bay Inc. is holding a Celebration Lunch in the Lauderdale Hall on Sunday, July 11th, between 11.30 and 3.00. Speeches...
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835Economy
‘Crew must not be locked on board of fumigation ship’
The Tasmanian Greens today demanded that the Labor government intervene and ensure that the crew of the whole log transport ship, ID...
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History
Remembering the Moon Landing
As the 41st anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing approaches, Island Earth invites one and all to stop and remember this momentous...
