Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Water, water …
As Southern Water claimed in its advertisement on Saturday, the state’s new water utilities are “dynamic and exciting places to work”. [The...
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1.6KWhy the Left should support Sea Shepherd’s anti-whaling campaign
When the Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil sank on January 8 following a collision with a ship in the Japanese whaling fleet,...
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UN glacier blunder a 300-year mix-up
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The Great Recession and neo-liberalism
…The United states is by every measure the world’s largest economy … Of all countries in the world, the impact of neo-liberalism...
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‘Bring it on’
And, from Hakan Ekstrom: The 4th Global Wood Fiber Conference: Trade in Woodchips and Biomass Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 15-17, 2010 Interested...
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Canberra’s Greenwash proves Abbott-forming
It’s enough to make you clasp your skull to stop your head exploding. Kevin Rudd, elected with an environmental mandate on climate...
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New Year, same old pulp mill
Once featured weekly on front pages across Australia, Gunns’ Tamar Valley Pulp Mill in Tasmania has almost disappeared from view. The company...
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The test-tube trees
Paper manufacturers and environmentalists seem to be reliving Robert Frost’s age-old dilemma caused by two roads diverging in the woods. Proponents of...
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Christmas present for beekeepers
Since the last press release we have been involved in negotiations between the Tasmanian Beekeepers Association and Forestry Tasmania, for the creation...
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Perversion, lust and greed … and hope
Sleep is something that I don’t do enough of, but I still manage to function reasonably well, though some would disagree. I...
