Tasmanian Times
Economy
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A New Economic Direction for Tasmania
David Bartlett Premier There’s a Saul Eslake quote that I have had pinned to my office wall for a few years now...
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Letter to Fin Review – Gunns Value
John Hawkins Dear Sir, After two articles in your newspaper spruking Gunns and their share price, in particular ‘Street Talk’ of 15th...
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Curse of the pokies
Damien Brown Mercury GAMBLING in Tasmania is not a substantial contributor to economic or jobs growth, a major study has found. And...
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State growth fears
Hag Note the language: Treasurer Aird – fundamentalist pulp mill backer and great Rough Red mate – is subtly shifting ground. Or...
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The missing link in the Garnaut report
Geoff Russell, Peter Singer and Barry Brook July 10, 2008 The real climate change culprit is methane gas from cows and sheep....
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Pipedream: When will the public be told?
Peter Henning WHEN WILL the Tasmanian public be informed about the proposal to pipe hundreds of gigalitres of water per annum across...
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Who wins in the pay parity claim?
Alex Wadsley THE BIGGEST winner out of the Tasmanian Public Service pay parity claim will be the Federal Government. For a traditional...
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Timberrrr… share prices plummet, as do jobs
The Big Fall Gunns Great Southern Timbercorp And this is why: Investors wield the axe as Futuris blames forest scheme (MIS) for...
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Saul Eslake’s assessment of the State Budget
Saul Eslake Chief Economist ANZ Assessment of the 2008-09 Tasmanian State Budget delivered by Treasurer Michael Aird on Thursday, last week. Download:...
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Gunns and predatory loan financiers …
John Hawkins In reply to No 8 ( Here )on the subject of collateralized debt obligations, please read a letter from the...
