Tasmanian Times
Economy
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831A forest a day … when will logging of our spectacular forests actually cease?
Photo: Emma Capp A cloud of concern hangs over 563 000ha of forests that have been independently verified as world heritage and...
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Poppy import backlash
The Tasmanian Government’s approval of Turkish poppy imports has drawn a backlash from within Labor, with two Federal MPs promising to take...
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ABC: The Shape We’re in
Drive’s occasional series “The Shape We’re In” features the editor of Tasmanian Times, an online publication for public discussion on issues in...
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FORESTS: ‘Broaden fund for workers’. ‘Inauthentic politicians’. McKim debate-ready. Visit to Miranda
Revelations that some of the $15 million in the Tasmanian Transitional Support Fund (TSF) is yet to be expended comes as a...
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EPA’s approval of Shree Minerals’ incomplete environmental reports a farce
Is this what Tony Burke’s bilateral assessments will deliver for the Tarkine? The Tarkine National Coalition has reacted with disbelief to the...
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Tasmania remains affordable
The Real Estate Institute of Tasmania (REIT) today released its June Quarter Property Report, which highlights real estate trends for the quarter,...
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Speaking truth to economic and political power
Captain Paul Watson Sends Sea Shepherd First Message for Supporters Since Departing Germany For the first time since the world began speculating...
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The Cassandra syndrome: two economists and the coming financial crisis
Image: here Nouriel Roubini Those familiar with the arcana of classical mythology will recall the case of Cassandra, a prophetess doomed to...
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The ultimate contradiction. Let the market decide (in our favour of course)
Another week begins and we have yet another plea for help (‘Farmers call for IGA Help’ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-29/farmers-call-for-igacut/4161960?section=tas) or rather a voice from...
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Arrogance, hypocrisy and wilful ignorance
The following is a compendium of letters that I have sent to various newspapers, chiefly The Mercury, The Examiner and The Advocate;...
