Tasmanian Times
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751Meet-n-greet as the Tall Ships hit town
YOUNG ENDEAVOUR GROWING ABORIGINAL LEADERSHIP The Young Endeavour docked in Hobart today, with Aboriginal woman Deanna Kennedy, from Katherine in the Northern...
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Shooters push for weaker gun laws
Statement from a community meeting concerned about a push by shooting groups to water down our gun laws A meeting was held...
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Solar: A missed opportunity
A delegation of community organisations, solar owners and solar installers met Energy Minister Bryan Green to urge changes to legislation on the...
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Don’t believe the miners’ hype
The Tasmanian Minerals Council is a partisan pro-mining lobby group that participates in the campaign to encourage mining in Tasmania. As part...
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Ex-staffer lashes Huon council
Huon Valley Guessing Games A remarkable insight into manoeuvrings behind the scenes at Huon Valley Council (HVC) arrived by email at Tasmanian...
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Advocating for the jobless …
Advocating for the jobless. The Burnie daily, The Advocate, has launched a campaign to find and fill $25 million worth of jobs...
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Abbott-Abetz: Environment? What environment?
Pic: This plan would see World Heritage listed rainforest logged in the Weld Valley. Rob Blakers http://www.robblakers.com Well, within the week we’ll...
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New danger for Australian World Heritage wilderness. Ferguson joins plantations panel
Main pic: The federal government plans to log World Heritage listed forests, such as these in the Styx Valley. Rob Blakers www.robblakers.com...
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We are on an insane and irreversible path to environmental destruction
*Pic: from Frank Giles’ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bandicoot.blu/photos With Abbott in full swing, reversing the carbon tax, making way for open slather in...
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Is the Tasmanian Government telling us the real facts about a Tasmanian smart meter rollout?
On 26 May 2013, an inaugural public information meeting was held in Hobart about the proposed Tasmanian Government’s introduction of a smart...
