Tasmanian Times
Economy
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The real nature of our ‘financial’ crisis
Mike Bolan In this issue you’ll find the Baltic Dry Index and a breathtaking photo that indicates the real nature of our...
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How long to repay debt…
Mike Bolan Just for interest, here’s the result of some research I’ve been doing that organises global countries by the approximate time...
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The pulp and paper industry – a paradigm for Australia’s annihilation
Brenda Rosser The economic strength of a society relies on their being adequate health care, a clean environment, broadly-based prosperity and the...
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Pieces of Mind, Kyoto Protocol
Brenda Rosser Piece One: Global models that include the feedbacks between climatic change and the carbon cycle have all shown decreased carbon...
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The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail
Richard C. Cook – former U.S. federal government analyst But neither President Obama, nor his Democratic supporters or Republican antagonists, should feel...
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Obama’s War with the Right (& Media)
Yet, while it may be audacious for the young President to take on the well-entrenched forces of reaction in Washington, there is...
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Daniel Hulme – First Speech to the House of Assembly
Daniel Hulme When Jim Bacon was elected Premier in 1998 he expressed an optimism about Tasmania’s future that few at that time...
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Jobs go as Christchurch veneer plant closes
The Press Christchurch The reality of the harsh economic times has hit home for about 20 workers in Christchurch. Gunns Veneers, a...
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KPMG: Gunns mill doubts
Tom Arup WA Today TASMANIAN forestry company Gunns’ financial auditor KPMG has expressed doubts about its ability to raise financing for the...
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Gunns: A new accounting method?
Jarvis Cocker 1. In Gunns Limited’s half-year report, earnings per share are stated to be 6.2 cents per share. My calculations, and...
