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• Democracy Tasmania

  Pulp mill opponents try to scale PM’s firewall

  Kate Hannon Canberra Times What does it take to get the Prime Minister’s attention these days? After months of fruitless attempts to...

• Environment

  Franklin, my dear, we gave a damn

  Matthew Moore The Age HOBART’S Hotel Grand Chancellor is an unlikely venue for what may be the largest gathering of former prison...

• Environment

  Chip off the old block appals unlikely allies

  Alan Ramsey SMH Tasmania’s Eric Abetz, a Howard junior minister, merely abused Milne for her “bizarre and confused ramble”, and no other...

• Environment

  The Ralphs Bay barge

  David Killick Mercury Save Ralphs Bay lobby group spokeswoman Cassy O’Connor said the barge was a reminder of an “odious and unsustainable...

• Politics

  The preferred Premier

  Matthew Denholm Australian THE leadership handover in Tasmania last month appears to be paying off for Labor, with a poll showing a...

• Economy

  Timberrrr… share prices plummet, as do jobs

  The Big Fall Gunns Great Southern Timbercorp And this is why: Investors wield the axe as Futuris blames forest scheme (MIS) for...

• Health

  The tributes for Christopher Newell

  Damien Brown Mercury From parishioners who said they would miss his sermons to fellow intellects who said he was one of Tasmania’s...

• Politics

  Why one council is in debt …

  Brenda Rosser It would be great if the Mercury newspaper did some simple research to find out why Tasmania’s councils are suffering...

• Environment

  Environment protectors limited

  Mark Worley Mercury THE Environmental Protection Authority has only one permanent staff member and will have limited scope to police the forest...

• Coroner & Legal

  Police gear up to cope with pulp mill protest

  Mark Worley Mercury TASMANIA Police has crafted a plan to deal with big protests at Gunns’ proposed pulp mill. Commissioner Jack Johnston...