Tasmanian Times
Economy
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834The greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War …
The figures are horrific: today, the world faces the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War. According to the United Nations...
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More plastic in the ocean … by weight … than fish …
According to a report released yesterday, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean by weight than fish. Sounds unbelievable...
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Racial Reflection Rewritten
Every generation rewrites its history as if this time it is the final word. I keep saying this to libertarian humanist acquaintances...
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Marriage … as an institution of unique value
Although expensive, it is now clear the same-sex marriage debate will be resolved by a national vote at or after the next...
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Taking back control …
The concept of 100GMW was born from a simple thought that I had one morning … “what Australia needs is “100 good...
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Is eco-certification the solution to forest destruction?
The Forest Stewardship Council is the world’s pre-eminent forest-products certification body, but companies selling FSC-certified products keep getting caught violating its standards....
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New Zealand’s Anti-introduced Wildlife Dogma needs burying
*Pic: Scottish red deer have been in New Zealand for 150 years and browse vegetation similar to moas did for 60 million...
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To Slow Climate Change Now ? … People Power !
Republished with author updates In Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday, April 27, 2013, the “Owning the New Economy Summit” had just ended. There...
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‘Jessica Hoyt, nurse, mother and a child of the Lapoinya Forest arrested …’
THURSDAY, January 21 … • Rosemary Bolger, ABC: Forestry Tasmania boss Bob Annells’ exit linked to anti-logging protests, Opposition says The flare-up...
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That illegal Franklin jetty: a question begged?
*Pic: Shape of things to come on the Franklin waterfront? The approved, but not built, pontoon is on the left. Huon Valley...
