Tasmanian Times
Economy
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844We love freedom, yet our fabulous wealth is created by slavery, genocide, and militarism
Leunig, with permission http://www.leunig.com.au/ Once upon a time in ancient Sparta there was a Council of Elders, called the Gerousia. This was...
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Sacred Promises
After 70 years in and out of government the Liberal Party remains deeply uncertain about egalitarian values; it has never been able...
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Why the Official Explanation of MH370’s Demise Doesn’t Hold Up
Investigators searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight were ebullient when they detected what sounded like signals from the plane’s black boxes....
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (10)
Pic*: Radford monument on Radford’s Track … Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here )...
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High Conservation Values Assessment & Management Plan – Draft for Public Consultation
Dear Stakeholder, Forestry Tasmania has undertaken an extensive and detailed scientific assessment of the forest within its Forest Management Unit to identify...
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Elizabeth Kolbert: The Sixth Extinction
The chemist F. Sherwood Rowland is one of the few people in history about whom it can accurately be said: he helped...
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On the level …
Shame knows no bounds in real estate. Sloppiness knows no bounds in journalism. When the two couple up, the result is unfettered...
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Paul Harriss: Ministerial Statement – Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Bill 2014
Madam Speaker The Tasmanian Government went to the recent State Election with a clear statement of what its views were of the...
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Jan Davis: TFGA supports continuing use of 1080
The Tasmanian Government had made a sensible and pragmatic decision in allowing landowners to continue to use 1080 for control of browsing...
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Tasmania’s emergency services hamstrung by ineffective radio network, report says
• Today (Friday, May 9) … Tasmania’s emergency services hamstrung by ineffective radio network, report says EMMA HOPE Police reporter Mercury May...
