Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Hardwood up
Hardwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have surpassed the cost for softwood fiber in 2009 as demand for hardwood pulp...
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CLIMATE GROUPS: GOOD RIDDANCE TO A BAD SCHEME
Groups campaigning for action on climate change have welcomed the defeat of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) in the Senate today...
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753Down it goes
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Paying for the Public Service
A reminder that we’re paying for a bloated public sector through continuing hikes in electricity, land tax, water & sewage charges. The...
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Forestry rethinks wood power
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FEED-IN TARIFFS GOOD FIRST STEP
Labor Dons Typical Pre-election Green Spots www.tas.greens.org.au The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the Bartlett government’s move towards introducing feed-in tariffs for electricity...
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Labor’s road to nowhere
Until recently the Tarkine didn’t even exist. In a Tasmanian terra nullius, governments refused to use a word to remember the local...
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This Week in Weather
It seems that the global zeitgeist has ferociously outpaced the Rudd government in much the same way that basic reality has outflanked...
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Intelligent decentralisation and modern society
‘It’s almost inconceivable that the major features of what we call “capitalism” will exist for the rest of human history (unless, of...
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New thought urged on Tarkine tourism
OFF the top of his head, Graeme Wood reels off potential business ideas that could work in the Tarkine. Drop off and...
