Tasmanian Times
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Economy
Garrett only listening to fringe green groups
Prime Minister Rudd must bring his Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, under control and insist on the Minister conducting real consultation with the...
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Cartoons
A long way to go …
I always thought the idea was we should learn from past mistakes. The following suggest we’ve a looooong way to go. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
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Cartoons
Botch-up of chlorination levels?
Graeme Evans, Sorell Deputy Mayor, in the Mercury’s Letters column today. It’s at odds with Southern Water’s explanation of how e.coli appeared...
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765EconomyObama dips a toe and REDD gets let out of the cage
Barack Obama has made his first tentative steps towards Copenhagen, invoking the military implications of catastrophic climate change in his Nobel Peace...
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Economy
Milne welcomes news of Tarkine heritage listing
Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Christine Milne has welcomed the emergency heritage listing of the Tarkine wilderness by the Federal Minister for Environment...
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799Environment
Push for Oz emission loophole alleged
AUSTRALIA and other industrialised countries have been accused of pushing for the introduction of a loophole in greenhouse accounting that would ”hide”...
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Environment
TARKINE EMERGENCY LISTING EXPOSES BARTLETT GOVERNMENT’S LOOP ROAD BLIND SPOT
The Tasmanian Greens today warmly applauded Federal Environment and Heritage Minister, Peter Garrett’s recognition of the outstanding natural and cultural heritage values...
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691Environment
Protection move for Tarkine
THE Tarkine wilderness area in Tasmania’s far North-West has been given shock emergency heritage protection. Federal Environment Mminister Peter Garrett announced this...
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Coroner & Legal
Johnston case appeal fails
THE High Court has rejected the Crown’s bid to appeal the dismissal of charges against Jack Johnston. Director of Public Prosecutions Tim...
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757Economy
Land tax: The real losers
When you have a mess, you have to clean it up. But why did the Land Tax mess occur? It was a...
