Tasmanian Times
Economy
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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...
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Green Politics, the Balance of Power and the Green New Deal
Christine Milne Speech to the Sydney Institute, Mo, Oct 27 Victor Hugo once said “There is nothing so powerful as an idea...
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Gunns: Questions for the Chairman
Questions for Chairman Gay Gunns AGM is this Thursday (Oct 30). Following Gunns’ last AGM described as a complete circus by many...
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MIS scheme goes belly-up
Leonie Wood The Age Of enormous concern to regulators, investigators and the Victorian Supreme Court is $77 million of funds at risk,...
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Markets & the Public Interest: Towards a new economic vision
Graham Larcombe Will US financial capitalism collapse on Tuesday next week or will it rebound? I don’t know. Does anybody know? No....
