Tasmanian Times
Economy
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900Rivals meet to end war on forests
A report in The Australian newspaper (10/07/2012) tells us that the forestry IGA parties are currently in Melbourne in a four-day lockdown...
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Tassie tree-sitter claims Australian record
The visit from Mum. Environmental activist Miranda Gibson has set an Australian record for a tree-sitting protest in defense of Tasmania’s forests....
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RET: good for global warming, good for jobs … and …
“The latest warning from scientists about the impacts of climate change – this time from the world’s most respected marine biologists, should...
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Flatlining Gunns now faces $64m tax bill
Graphic: Tamar Devil Tasmanian timber company Gunns is facing a multi-million-dollar tax bill. The company has told the Securities Exchange that it...
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Political donations: campaign for reform
RUNNING for Parliament is an expensive business. Gone are the days when all a hopeful-politician needed was a megaphone and an army...
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State whale sanctuary good for brand, revenues and whales
STATE WHALE SANCTUARY: GOOD FOR BRAND, REVENUES & WHALES Cassy O’Connor MP Greens Environment & Animal Welfare spokesperson Friday 6 July 2012...
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Dispossessed
Consider the sorrow contained in the paragraphs that follow – for this is the anguish of the dispossessed, ousted by modern development...
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The most viewed video on the SMH and Age websites …
My documentary “A WORM in the APPLE” is screening at GAIAM in the USA and Canada and on Fairfax TV, throughout Australia....
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NAB loans to ‘Fat Tony’ Mokbel and the missing files
Tony Mokbel bewigged: is this the worst disguise in history? Contributing editor-at-large for Independent Australia Tess Lawrence reports on the links between...
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Hospital budgets to be cut by new pricing scheme
Less than she would have hoped … Tasmanian Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne Tasmania’s public hospitals stand to lose up to $80.7 million...
