Tasmanian Times
Economy
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856ICAC recommends charges against former NSW Labor ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald
The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has recommended former Labor ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid face criminal charges...
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Butler approves Tarkine mine …
Federal Environment Minister Mark Butler has approved Shree Minerals’ mine in Tasmania’s Tarkine region. The initial approval for the $20 million project...
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Environmentalists urge Rudd to scrap ‘failed’ forestry deal with states
A coalition of environment groups has urged the federal government to tear up its “failed” forestry deal with states, which they blame...
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It will be the fault of MLCs, not us, say activists. Fear of ‘Terrorism’
Huon Valley Environment Centre and Still Wild Still Threatened respond to the opinion of the Tasmanian Greens Leader that a moratorium on...
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Death sentence for ‘virtually indigenous’ wallabies
Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty has received distressing reports of a government plan to slaughter between 200 and 300 Agile Wallabies very soon...
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‘Greens lost in wilderness on toxics’
‘It is not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends that in the end hurts us the most’...
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It’s not too late to hand back the $2.2 million ET
Let’s be clear. The grant of $2.2 million of funds through the Tasmanian Forest Agreement to Environment Tasmania (ET) is ethically bankrupt...
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ReachTEL – Tas Federal BaByLon Still Falling
On these figures, the Liberal Party would be likely to win all these seats if an election was proverbially “held now”. The...
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Humanity is on a crash-course with carbon
Humanity is currently on course to double or even triple the carbon dioxide content of the Earth’s atmosphere by the end of...
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Deadbeat dads and the luck of the Irish
Not long ago a headline in an Irish daily newspaper proclaiming deadbeat dads under fire caught my attention. I was worried. Was...
