Tasmanian Times
Economy
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948Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (41)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Launching the Giving Tree
Launch of the ABC Giving Tree by Rodney Croome, 28.11.14 I was a bit non-plussed when I was asked to launch this...
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United Nations Calls for an End to Industrialized Farming
In 2013, the United Nations announced that the world’s agricultural needs can be met with localized organic farms. That’s right, we do...
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Civil Liberties in Peril Down Under
Australia and New Zealand are not among the usual suspects when it comes to state suppression of civil liberties. But both countries,...
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When the Forces of Media Disruption Hit Home
I’ve been around long enough to have once marveled at the improbability of the fax machine — that can’t be real! —...
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Another B.S Woodchip Myth Busted!
The latest catchcry by the Tasmanian Forestry industry diehards is that Tourism and woodchips can co-exist. This is particular to a proposed...
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FT and FSC: Accreditation is simply Not Possible. Your $30 million to subsidise FT …
*Graphic explained below … Pterodactyles, Triceratops and Steak! Less than a month before SCS Global visits Tasmania to review the credentials of...
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STATE HEALTH: ‘Devastating’ cuts to RHH staffing …
INFORMATION GIVEN TO HACSU REVEALS THAT THE HODGMAN GOVERNMENT’S HEALTH CUTS ARE INTENSIFYING. CUTS TO STAFFING IN MOST ALLIED HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN...
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STATE EDUCATION, Will Hodgman: You are failing Tassie’s children. Letter from a 12-y-o …
Premier fails maths test On average, every school in Tasmania will lose 2 teachers but we are told that to offset this...
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STATE: Pushing a destructive dig it up – chop it down economic vision for Tasmania
*Pic: The dig-it-up-chop-it-down mentality in full swing … Shree Minerals’ abandoned Nelson Bay river mine site, taken Aug 2014. Tom Ellison’s story...
