Tasmanian Times
Economy
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997Gunns’ White Knight gallops in. Pollies, Lara. Tom Ellison: ‘It’s desperation’
• Yesterday on Tasmanian Times: Richard Chandler is a major shareholder in Sino-Forest, a Chinese-Canadian company whose principle businesses include the ownership...
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Pontville closure deadline looms: take action!
As some of you may have read in the Mercury today (http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/02/07/298851_tasmania-news.html TT: HERE), Mayor Tony Foster believes that we only have...
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Why the role of our Head of State is important
Lisa Singh The balance of the world is shifting. Europe is on the brink of collapse, with austerity in countries across Western...
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Is this Gunns’ White Knight … ? PtM’s message to Mr Chandler
Kiwi billionaire linked to Gunns Dashing Kiwi-born billionaire Richard Chandler looks to be troubled Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited’s white knight, with...
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Milne: Is Forestry Tasmania in China selling forests at a loss? Brown: World Heritage deception
• Christine Milne: Is Forestry Tasmania in China selling forests at a loss? Following a report last week that the only market...
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Local government, land value, Labor and Leo …
Leo Foley on the HCC steps. Pic: Margot Giblin A Conversation with Alderman Leo Foley Leo Foley was elected to the Hobart...
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Asylum seekers battle – Keep Pontville open
Tasmanians have a week to convince Immigration Minister Chris Bowen to cop some political fallout and keep the Pontville Detention Centre open,...
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Are 35 Fools More Talented Than 25?
My title is a bit harsh, because they are not all fools, but I want to illustrate an absurdity. Increasing the numbers...
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1792: Growing when D’Entrecasteaux explored the Huon
Photo: Ula Majewski Today, conservationists from the Huon Valley Environment Centre have released a sample of a celery top pine we believe...
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The Tragedy of Tasmania’s Forests: One act on from Flanagan
This story begins with Richard Flanagan’s powerful and influential 2007 essay, ‘Gunns: the Tragedy of Tasmania’ (i). The story Flanagan tells is...
