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• Economy

  Booming!

  Damien Brown Mercury NEW job figures have confirmed Tasmania’s economy is booming. For the first time in almost 30 years, the state’s...

• Environment

  Garrett: Bending over backwards

  City Hub “Whilst Malcolm Turnbull as Minister wasn’t prepared to stop the mill in its tracks as he should have done, at...

• Coroner & Legal

  DPP backs investigative body

  Michael Stedman Mercury DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Tim Ellis has thrown strong support behind an independent investigative body for the state. Mr...

• Coroner & Legal

  Government may seek to strike out pulp mill case

  ABC Online The Supreme Court in Hobart has heard the State Government could apply to strike out a case concerning the pulp...

• Environment

  Forestry dismay at survey result

  Helen Kempton Mercury ALMOST one in 10 Tasmanians think that 90 per cent of the state’s forests will be permanently stripped by...

• Environment

  Garnaut wrong, say scientists

  Adam Morton SMH AUSTRALIA’S most respected climate scientists have condemned the advice of greenhouse adviser Ross Garnaut and urged the Federal Government...

• Democracy Tasmania

  Democracy update

  Tasmanians for a Healthy Democracy Ethical Conduct Public Hearings – Public Hearings Tasmanians for a Healthy Democracy will be presenting on Wednesday...

• Politics

  A cynical exercise

  Darren West IN all the publicity generated by the Liberals carefully placed sign on the Midland Highway (to catch the eye of...

• Environment

  Courtenay blasts forest industry

  Sally Glaetzer Mercury INTERNATIONAL best-selling author Bryce Courtenay has delivered a scathing attack on Tasmania’s forestry industry, calling for a $5 visitor...

• Democracy Tasmania

  Garrett’s hand of friendship to Gunns

  GetUp “The entire process of approval has been fraught with undue kowtowing to Gunnsʼ demands – after all, it was Gunns who...