Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.1KA Forest Industry that only Survives thanks to Taxpayer Largesse
An overview of the World of Forestry in Tasmania – as protected and promoted by Paul Harriss, the Minister for Forests –...
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Parliamentary standards dropping …
*Pic: Senator David Leyonhjelm The word ‘dickhead’ has made its way into parliamentary speech. Senator David Leyonhjelm (Lib Dem, NSW) used it...
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Committee grabs for power
Right: Senator John Faulkner and Dr Kristine Klugman, President of CLA, meet earlier in 2014 to discuss security and democracy issues The...
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Fixing Australia’s democratic deficit
Australians buying a used car benefit from clear consumer safeguards, writes Geoff Heriot. Why not accord voters similar protection from the excesses...
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Not everyone likes devils …
The recent finding of what was almost certainly a shot devil in bush near Rocky Cape starkly reminds me that, despite the...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (36)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Garbage Guts!
A scientist specialising in birds and marine biology, Heidi Auman, grew increasingly frustrated over the years that her warnings about ocean pollution...
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Norfolk Island dies while Australian Government thieves and thrives (2)
BACKGROUND The Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories Report (Same country: different world) recommends abolishing self-goverment on Norfolk...
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Global Efforts to Protect Southern Ocean Blocked by China and Russia
International Commission Unable to Reach Consensus HOBART, 31 October 2014 – The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)...
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‘Frightening the community into silence … ‘ Bill passes. FT’s $43m loss …
*Pic: Premier Will Hodgman with Minister for Resources Paul Harris, proponent of the bill … Twenty two organisations have signed a joint...
