Tasmanian Times
Economy
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745Rushing through a gag …
Subsequent to the recent revelations of the cruelty involved in live-baiting in the Greyhound Racing Industry the Senate is to rush through...
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Myrtle rust in Tasmania …
Biosecurity Advisory 08/2015 Myrtle rust in Tasmania: Increased focus on Lophomyrtus varieties – assistance required [DPIPWE advice] Current Status Biosecurity Tasmania is...
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Things that can’t last … FT fails the test, says Examiner
Things that can’t last forever usually don’t. This morning’s Examiner reported on a leaked email from Forestry Tasmania (FT) Chairman to FT...
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STATE: Cadbury dips out of $16 million grant for Tasmanian factory upgrade. FT on the brink …
Chocolate maker Cadbury has withdrawn its application for a $16 million grant from the Federal Government to upgrade its Hobart factory because...
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Hockey’s IGR: Meaningless forecasts based on magical thinking
Cigar time … the infamous shot of Treasurer Joe Hockey and Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann enjoying cigars pre-Budget The 2015 intergenerational...
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Forestry’s FSC Application Decision Delayed
The Greens have forced the Resources minister, Paul Harriss, to confirm that the decision on Forestry Tasmania’s application for Forest Stewardship certification...
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STATE: Lapoinya; Institutionalised duck-shoving. EMRS …
Imagine a Planning Scheme that permits residents to raise concerns about a neighbouring development that appears to breach building and zoning restrictions,...
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Nationwide rallies protest cuts to workers’ rights and wages. School funding row …
The lectern in Franklin Square with quote from George Orwell. Neroli Ellis of the Australian Nursing Federation HUNDREDS of Tasmanians have joined...
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The Intergenerational Report and Triggs’ TFC: What it says about us. Thursday: Living to 100
Federal Treasurer, Joe ‘Show-bag’ Hockey, a man of few graces, no distinction and fewer achievements, has finally done something noteworthy. He has...
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NATION: Abbott’s Dark and Chilling Vision for Australia
The bipartisan approach in relation to refugee policy, Manus Island and Nauru, Cambodia and elsewhere, indicts us all, infects us all like...
