Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Voters’ Block against the mill
Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill Press Release TAP (Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill) today launched a new way in which ordinary Tasmanians...
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Peak oil and Tasmania
Jon Sumby Tasmania is an island. Nearly everything we use is imported — petrol, bread, cars. We rely on imports for consumer...
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Made in China
Ken White In a loving search for information I pored over the boot when I got home until I realised that there...
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Whatever happened to the productivity revolution
Saul Eslake The second possibility is suggested by the torrent of productivity-stifling legislation and regulation imposed during the current decade with the...
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1.2KBasslink: the greatest bungle
Bacchus H Barren Basslink is shaping up to be the greatest bungle in Tasmanian history since the collapse of the State Bank,...
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Recession? What Saul Eslake says
Sue Neales, Mercury But ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake said there was “almost no way” the forecast economic growth rate of 3.5...
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The bosses’ bonanza
Nick Clark The Mercury BONUSES have helped several of the chief executives of Tasmanian stock exchange listed companies to substantial increases in...
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Toe the line or you don’t work in Tasmania
Hag Oh, Mr Aird, you are such a sensitive, democracy loving soul …Hag is so deeply, deeply touched by your visionary comments...
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Timber plantations to the rescue
Jarvis Cocker Thankfully, timber plantations have come to the rescue. You see it’s all much easier to sell Managed Investment Products. There...
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State in a box
Sue Neales Mercury THE main backer of the controversial $100 million massive retail development next to Hobart Airport has been revealed as...
