Tasmanian Times
Economy
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956Death throes of the Old Dragon and the woeful state of Tasmanian mainstream media …
Beseiged by declining ad revenue and readership, befuddled by the internet revolution Old Media leadership in Tasmania has looked firmly to its...
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Well Mr Crean, did you go into bat for Gunns?
My impeccable, highly-placed source, says that at the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne last month Minister for Trade Simon Crean buttonholed one...
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Trade in woodchips down 26 per cent
Global trade of wood chips down 26% in 2009 as pulpmills reduce production worldwide, reports Wood Resources International. The international financial crisis...
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In one Aird out the other
I attended a community forum meeting with Michael Aird, left, at the Beaconsfield forum on October 4th. When I first decided to...
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The Population Myth
People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the poor. Tell...
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Price rise welcome but the fight continues
Any increase in the price paid to dairy farmers is welcome and demonstrates to all stakeholders that no price is set in...
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It is time to consider US style anti-trust laws
The farm gate milk price crisis is the latest example of the need to control big national companies. As a local councillor...
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Jobs jobs jobs! How many new pulp mill jobs?
There are several competing stories around the pulp mill proposal that we are asked to believe. We can choose to believe Gunns’...
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Malawi windmill boy with big fans
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject...
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Great Forest vision is unveiled
A project to recreate an ancient native woodland that covered central Scotland thousands of years ago is set to be officially launched.A...
