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2.3KThe day Australia failed the test of the most basic common decency …
Picture from www.banliveexports.com Yesterday, December 13 2013, The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) granted a permit for 80,000 Australian sheep...
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Why the Tasmanian Fox Eradication Program has been worse than a complete and utter failure
Summary: The 10-year fox eradication program has failed dismally because it was initiated as broadacre poisoning based on flawed data and the...
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Abbott breaks election promise on whales
The Abbott government has abandoned its pre-election promise to send a Customs vessel to monitor Japan’s illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean...
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Bushfires: Little pressure on the state government to show leadership
The Tasmanian Bushfires Inquiry Report The Tasmanian Bushfires Inquiry Report was released in early October and briefly enlivened the public debate about...
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Atrophy
“Promote an expansion of the forest estate by integrating more trees onto agricultural land.” Martin Ferguson, December 2013, secret report commissioned by...
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Plantations: Economic reality and common sense
The way he was … Karl Goiser operating the gang frame saw in 1955 Politics aside, there is still the matter of...
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Words, meaning and Hobart architecture
Hopefully, readers will remember my Tasmanian Times article ( Oct 24, Hobart Architecture and The Dilemmas of Development ) which discussed the...
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New Reserves Show Forest Agreement Delivering
Environment signatories have today welcomed the Tasmanian Government’s gazettal of the first stage of reserves passed by the Tasmanian Parliament in September,...
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2013 Review of the Moratorium on GMOs in Tasmania
Background to the Review Since 2001 Tasmania has had a moratorium on the use of GMOs in primary industries for marketing purposes....
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How a Tasmanian data project could save the world
It’s the challenge: getting food enough for 9 billion people, from less land and water, and in a hotter climate. The World...
