Tasmanian Times
Economy
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786Government in talks to free whaling activists from ship
Photo: The three Forest Rescue activists (identity order in photo unavailable) who boarded the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru 2 off the...
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AFP spies targeting green activists
THE Resources and Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, has secretly pushed for increased surveillance by federal police intelligence officers of environmental activists who...
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Where are you, Will Hodgman?
ABC pic Christine Milne had this to say in the Senate over Federal Forestry Agreements with Tasmania’s FT: “This was an agreement{2005}...
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Ancanthe Park subdivision approval demonstrates state planning laws are undemocratic
Tasmanian Conservation Trust’s biodiversity campaigner Jennifer Rowallan believes that the Ancanthe Park decision made by Hobart City Council shows that it is...
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TFGA says get real on hemp
If Tasmania is to develop a viable hemp-growing industry for both food and fibre use, it is imperative that the state and...
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Pokie fightback ‘ hysterical scaremongering’
Then Port Arthur Historic Site Authority board chairman Barry Jones, right, with Greg Farrell and a model of the plan. Pic: Brand...
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A pulped forest industry as Gunns scrapes the bottom
Pulp mill site works, September 011. Pic: Code Green I’m not much interested in the machinations of who buys logs of what...
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No FSC, No Sales. Ask Gunns.
I was lucky to be given by one of my grandchildren a book published by Penguin Ltd and I noticed on the...
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Tasmanian environment group celebrates ten years of forest defence
One of Tasmania’s most staunch and independent environment organisations, the Huon Valley Environment Centre, will celebrate its ten year anniversary this January...
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Crean plan exposes loophole
A local planning battle has exposed an anomaly in planning laws which could stop elected councillors from being lobbied on developments. The...
