Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Collapse of MIS
John Lawrence Leonie Wood has written another revealing episode in The Age http://business.theage.com.au/business/court-orders-environinvest-solvency-check-20081107-5k6z.html concerning the collapse of Environinvest a MIS company which...
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Tough sledding ahead
Christopher Laird But, getting back to the issue of economic depression and the USD. The whole point here is that the world...
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Outdated, prejudiced
Saul Eslake The Davidson-Novak Report reflects outdated assumptions and prejudices about Tasmania … Download this critique: Merc_op-ed_on_Davidson-Novak_Nov_2008.pdf Download letter from Davidson, Novak...
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Digital catch-up
Digital Tasmania Hobart, TAS, 10 November 2008 – Digital Tasmania welcomes today’s announcement of an agreement between Aurora and Basslink, allowing for...
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I have sold my shares
John Hawkins It must be understood that John Gay as Chairman and CEO of Gunns Ltd has blocked himself into a corner....
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CFMEU – Acting for Members or for Forest Companies?
John Lawrence And Mr O’Connor and his union share a lot of the blame for this. The interests of his members wasn’t...
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Wasted Opportunity for Stupid Animals
James Dryburgh How is it that supposedly stupid cows know not to repeatedly walk in to an electric fence and to look...
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Without losses Forestry makes, Gunns could not exist
Barnaby Drake If Forestry were to cease operating immediately, we would be saved an enormous fortune in taxes and we would retain...
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TCCI report shot down
Damien Brown Mercury ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake has supported the TCCI’s desire to debate how to improve Tasmania’s economic performance, but...
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Pokies suck in $213m
Damien Brown Mercury TASMANIANS lost $213 million on pokies last financial year — an increase of $13 million on 2006-07. Gamblers in...
