Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Big Ag shudders
PAUL CROSSFIELD Today, Food, Inc. debuts, with more cities to follow in the coming weeks, and almost every major media outlet has...
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Picking losers under the guise of picking winners
MIKE BOLAN Now that two of the Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) promoted by governments have gone into receivership, leaving tens of thousands...
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Budget Response – Terry Martin
TERRY MARTIN Madam President, while I have indicated my considerable concerns about this Budget, it is appropriate that I acknowledge its strengths....
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A wink’s as good as a nod
WAYNE CRAWFORD It was, of course, all off the record – “Don’t quote me, boys – you know I can’t tell you...
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A Tale of Two Diverging Economic Worlds
F WILLIAM ENGDAHL Unlike in the West – where governments have run out of money or creative new ideas and are now...
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789Peru violence, US silence
Peru’s rainforests and the people who depend on them continue to need your help. Last week, thousands upon thousands of you joined...
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Dear Hans Drielsma – A message from one of your “shareholders”
NEIL SMITH So we “shareholders” have to show some patience? If we were real shareholders we’d be off to the ASX to...
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Support for the Felmingham report
JOHN WALTER The Tasmanian Gaming Association (TGA) representing the video gaming industry cautiously welcomed the methodology if not the findings of the...
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Brucey hits back for Forestry
DAMIEN BROWN, Mercury TAXPAYERS get little return from the state’s tourism industry subsidies, a study has found. The analysis of five key...
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Budget: The Eslake Analysis
SAUL ESLAKE Assessment of the Tasmanian State Budget delivered by the Treasurer, the Hon. Michael Aird MLC, on Thursday THE Government is...
