Tasmanian Times
Economy
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878NATION: UK pledge to phase out coal a wake up call for blinded Liberals, Nationals & Labor
*Pic: Bob Burton’s pic of coal in the Fingal Valley … Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne says the UK cross party agreement...
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PM’s infrastructure plan failing growth and cost-benefit goals
The OECD’s Going for Growth report released this week is a good reminder of why Tony Abbott wants to be remembered as...
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Lapoinya: It just makes no sense …
*Pic: Lapoinya forest manfern … DR CON RHEE … The Lapoinya 68-hectare coupe is one of the last pieces of undisturbed wet...
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Children in detention exposed to danger, Human Rights Commission finds
More than 300 children committed or threatened self-harm in a 15-month period in Australian immigration detention, 30 reported sexual assault, nearly 30...
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Energy Strategy ignores the big issues
Government reports on energy policy are almost inevitably boring and full of jargon and this is certainly the case with the Tasmanian...
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Tony Abbott snatched a victory of sorts …
Fighting off a mob of 40 colleagues baying for his blood at Monday’s party room meeting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott snatched...
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UTAS increases direct fossil fuel investments ten-fold
Hobart, (10/02/2015): Amidst growing concerns about the impacts of climate change the University of Tasmania’s investments in fossil fuel companies grew ten-fold...
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Harriss Protest Bill: It works
*Pic: Premier Hodgman with the law’s architect, Resource Minister Paul Harriss … Yesterday saw the first application of Paul Harriss’ Workplaces (Protection...
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Lies, damned lies and Peter Gutwein
It was, if you listen to Peter Gutwein and don’t bother with the actual figures, ‘a merry Christmas for Tassie retailers’ (...
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Salamanca excavation deserves EPA attention
Hobart City Council Alderman Reynolds has raised new questions about whether the excavation required for the building of Montpelier Retreat adjacent to...
