Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Chips too dear: Price blamed for slump
TASMANIAN woodchips are becoming too expensive for the Japanese paper industry to buy, Australia’s leading forest products economist has warned. Robert Eastment,...
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The price of life
An interesting scenario with agriculture in Australia. Farmers are complaining loudly that the prices they get for their produce is way too...
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Creative economy
Yesterday (Mar 17) I made a speech in Parliament in response to a motion supporting the TSO by the Minister for the...
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Dear Peg Putt
Dear Peg Putt, When Parliament resumes please ask Paul Lennon this question:Will the Government extend the same rights to Tasmanian taxpayers, or...
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Sick to the back teeth
When Kelly Madden emailed me a month or so ago with what she headlined as the “odd request” that I open this...
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Would you like your children to be like your Premier?
I decided to log onto your website last week and I was most surprised to see such interest in my previous letter,...
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The real cost of Labor?
I used Adele Sainte-Marie’s ideas, Labor’s deals: The real cost?, to calculate the following table. The table contains estimated costs per Tasmanian...
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Labor’s deals: The Real Cost?
I have recently had an extended stay in Tasmania and was impressed with its natural beauty and physical isolation, although it also...
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The Tamar’s new wine taste
“A rich blend of Tamar River grapes that goes down smoothly, but leaves a somewhat bitter after taste”. Will this be a...
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The Pulp Mill
By NICK CLARK 25feb05 TIMBER giant Gunns Ltd has stepped back from its pledge that its proposed pulp mill would be a...
