Tasmanian Times
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Environment
Coming clean: what the tests reveal
In the “Scammell Report”, Environmental Problems Georges Bay, Tasmania , it was hypothesised that a toxic compound killed the oysters in Georges...
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Economy
The real cost of Labor?
I used Adele Sainte-Marie’s ideas, Labor’s deals: The real cost?, to calculate the following table. The table contains estimated costs per Tasmanian...
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Politics
Mr Lennon and self service
It’s a rare day when I agree with Senator Eric Abetz, but his assessment of Paul Lennon’s motives in the debate surrounding...
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Environment
Come clean!
The submission to the Federal AMA through the Tas AMA was a briefing paper and never stated to be anything else. It...
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Environment
Come clean
The Department of Health in Tasmania is not being responsible nor truthful if it is claiming that there is “very little contamination”...
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Environment
Pulp friction
The controversy over the role of chemicals in Tasmania’s timber industry has provoked an aggressive response.Macken’s article begins: Life in Tasmania’s timber...
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Environment
Despair…
Among our group to Save our Sisters we have an economist, librarian, social worker, doctor, artist, tourism operator, electrician, orchardist, teacher, nurses,...
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Environment
Tastemania, the devils’ disease
It may be at the end of the earth, but that doesn’t make Tasmania a gastronomic backwater. Mark Jones eats his heart...
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Forestry
Talkback questions
Talkback 2. A radio program in which members of the public participate by telephone. (Macquarie Dictionary, 2nd ed., emphasis mine)My favourite occasional...
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Politics
Goodbye Ken, Hello David
Ken Bacon’s performance at the Government Business Enterprise hearings has given new depth to the ongoing allegation that he’s been asleep at...
