Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.6KEastern quolls edge closer to extinction – but it’s not too late to save them
Eastern quolls – small, fleet-footed and ferocious – are one of Australia’s few surviving marsupial predators1. They were once so common in...
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George Town Council and the Curious Case of the Arbitrary Highway Buffer Zone
‘Scenic management tourist road corridor’- Not exactly an exciting collection of words, but a section of the planning code that is of...
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Punishing offensive behaviour
While amendments to the Anti-Discrimination Act are being considered, it is worthwhile considering when we are entitled to use the law to...
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Whistleblowers Tasmania backs call for Parliamentary Inquiry …
Whistleblowers Tasmania has backed the call by Tessa Anne from the Women’s Liberation Front for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the conduct of...
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The Only Thing We Need To Cut Is Our Misguided Faith In Trickle-Down Economics
*Pic: Mike Licht, Flickr We can’t trust the winners to compensate the losers, says Peter Whish-Wilson In the 1890s, US economists first...
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Off the Back of a Truck …
Tasmanian Times every now and again receives tip-offs and rumours and documents anonymously. The latest came from ‘Public Interest’ … TT offers...
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Tasmania … and culling deer
Pics: Michelle Terry Pic: Naani Abercrombie New Zealand’s 100% Pure Credibility Deficit New Zealand journalist Michelle Terry poses questions about the lack...
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Likely cause of Basslink failure is the Geelong Star
Pics: The damage … and the culprit? Geelong Star, before its renaming. And below, Basslink cable damage, including the gouge … The...
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WAITING LISTS: A Cry from the Heart
A reaction to the Mercury’s story HERE: Tasmanian surgery waiting times the worst in the country Premier Will Hodgman said on Southern...
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Norske Skog set to close …
Norske Skog’s New Norfolk paper mill is set to close and be turned into a fuel pellet factory … Well that is...
